boat hull
Ship's watertight shell
The hull is the main body of a boat—the watertight shell that sits in the water and keeps everything afloat.
Hull shape determines how a vessel moves: a flat hull provides stability, a V-shaped hull cuts through waves, a rounded hull rolls but tracks well.
The boat hull showed signs of barnacle growth.
Damage to the hull can sink a ship.
- keelHull's structural base
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- fiberglassReinforced woven strand composite
- waterlineLevel water reaches
below the waterline · planking · ribs · bilge · draft · rudder · propeller · barnacles · caulking · timber · seams · displacement · buoyancy · sleek · watertight · clinker · carvel · shellac
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