摘要 |
An unventilated, stepped hydroplaning boat hull has at least one midship step. Two separated wetted planing surfaces are thereby established-a forward surface just forward of the step and an aft surface just forward of an aft edge of the hull. The angles of attack of each planing surface preferably lie in the range 2.0-6.5 degrees, and are preferably equal. The midship step is preferably located longitudinally in a range of 0.45 to 0.51 times the projected chine length of the hull, measured aftward from a forwardmost point of the chine.
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