Hull Identification Number
The Hull Identification Number (HIN) is a unique, 12 digit number, assigned by the manufacturer, to vessels built after 1972.
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Hull (watercraft)
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Hull Failure - Defect or failure of the structural body of a vessel (i.e., hull material, design, or construction) not including superstructure, masts, or rigging.
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Hull: shell or body of a ship.
Hydrofoil: a craft more or less similar to the hovercraft insofar as it flies over water and thus eliminates friction between the water and the hull.
DECK: A permanent covering over a compartment, hull or any part thereof.
DINGHY: A small open boat. A dinghy is often used as a tender for a larger craft.
DISPLACEMENT: The weight of water displaced by a floating vessel, thus, a boat's weight.
PLANING HULL: A type of hull shaped to glide easily across the water at high speed.
PORT: The left hand side of the boat when you are looking forward.
PORT TACK: Wind across the port side.
POWER BOAT: A boat propelled by mechanical means.
Hull Types
One thing every boat has in common is a hull. A "hull", or bottom of a boat, comes in several different forms. Each form has a unique shape that give it certain handling and performance characteristics.
Hull:
The body of a pleasure craft exclusive of masts, sails, rigging, machinery and equipment.
Fenders:
Various devices serving to cushion the shocks and protect the side of a pleasure craft.
Hull - the shell of the ship
Hull - the frame or body of a ship exclusive of masts, yards, sails and rigging
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Hull speed
The theoretical speed a boat can travel without planing, based on the shape of its hull. This speed is about 1.34 times the square root of the length of a boat at its waterline.
hull - The body of a boat
knot - Rate of motion equal to 1 nautical mile per hour (about 1.15 miles per hour) ...
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The structural body of the boat that rests in the water.
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Hull types
Monohull yachts are typically fitted with a fixed keel or a centerboard (adjustable keel) below the waterline to counterbalance the overturning force of wind on the vessel's sails.
Hull
Outer shell of a vessel, made of steel plates or other suitable material to keep water outside the vessel.
Husbanding
Taking care of a vessel's non cargo related operations as instructed the by the master or owner of such vessel.
hull - The main structural body of the boat, not including the deck, keel, mast, or cabin. The part that keeps the water out of the boat.
Hull: The rounded part of the boat; comes in a variety of materials.
Keel: The fin under the hull, which is used for stability and lateral resistance. A Keel Boat is any boat with a Keel.
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Hull down - said of a vessel far off on the horizon, which is visible only by its sails. "We spied a ship hull-down this morning, but she came no closer."
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hull speed
the fastest a sailboat will go, usually dependent on length of the hull at the waterline
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Hull: The body of a yacht.
Inmarsat-C: A digital store and forward messaging service, using satellites for transmission.
Jib: A foresail that fits in between the forestay and the mast.
Hull: the body of a vessel exclusive of masts, yards, sails, rigging, machinery and equipment.
Husbandry: maintenance and repair of a ship.
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HullThe main body of a vessel.
HypothermiaA life-threatening condition in which the body's warming mechanisms fail to maintain normal body temperature and the entire body cools.
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HULL: The main body of a vessel.
HYPOLIMNION: The layer of water in a thermally stratified lake that lies below the thermocline, is noncirculating, and remains perpetually cold.
HULL Shell or body of a ship.
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Hull Structure of a vessel below deck level.
INSHORE Towards the shore.
Irons A vessel is in irons when caught head to wind and unable to pay off on either tack.
hull - The structural body of a ship, excluding masts, riggings and superstructures.
hurricane - A tropical storm, with winds in excess of 60 mph; depending on its location, it is also called a cyclone (inland) or typhoon (Pacific).
Hull:
The main structural body or shell of the boat, not including the deck, keel, mast, or cabin.
Hull Down:
Said of a distant ship when her hull is below horizon and her masts and upper works are visible.
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A hull is the body of a ship or boat. It is a central concept in floating vessels as it provides the buoyancy that keeps the vessel from sinking.
Deep Hull
A deep V shaped hull designed usually for speed.
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sails, hull and rudder
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Lying a-hull : As a last resort one might elect to go down below and ride out the storm, letting the boat find its own path in the water. This almost always exposes the beam of the boat to oncoming waves and increase the chance of capsizing.
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The area of a boat that lies between the deck and the keel. The hull-to-deck joint is the connection between the hull's sides and the deck at the rail.
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Hull Speed
Also displacement speed. The theoretical speed that a boat can travel without planing, based on the shape of its hull. This speed is about 1.34 times the square root of the length of a boat at its waterline.
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HULL-The main body of a boat.
IN IRONS-A boat in the wind's eye which, having lost all headway, will not go off on either tack.
JIB-A triangular sail set forward of the mast.
Hull Construction - That material which constitutes the majority of the shell of the vessel.
Hull - The main structural body of a vessel, excluding superstructure, masts, sails or rigging.
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Inboard - Powerboat having an engine inside the hull.
HULL - The main body of a vessel.
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INBOARD - More toward the center of a vessel; inside; a motor fitted inside a boat.
HULL SPEED - The maximum practical speed of a displacement hull. To calculate, take the square root of the LWL (waterline hull length) and multiply by 1.34.
Hull - A boat's bottom shell
Hull Speed - Theoretical top speed for a displacement boat (sailboat)
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The hull, which is commonly made of fiberglass, wood or aluminum, has one of three basics shapes: flat bottom, round bottom, or v-shaped bottom. Multihull craft have two or more hulls joined by a deck or cross beams.
What The Hull?
Before going through the types of boats, you first must be familiar with the different types of hulls available. The Hull is the boat itself, the "body" if you will.
V BOTTOM A hull with the bottom section in the shape of a "V".
WAKE Moving waves, track or path that a boat leaves behind it, when moving across the waters.
V BOTTOM: A hull with the bottom section in the shape of a "V".
VARIATION: The angular difference between the magnetic meridian and the geographic meridian at a particular location.
deep-V
A hull shape characterized by a sharp deadrise, typically more than 20 degrees.
depth sounder
Electronic sonar device that displays water depth.
Strake: A hull plank.
Stroke: The oarsman closest to the stern in a multi-oared craft. Because all other oarsmen can see him, he (or she) sets the pace.
Displacement Hull - A type of hull that plows through the water, displacing a weight of water equal to its own weight, even when more power is added.
through-hullA fitting or object that goes all the way through a hull. tillerA bar connected to the rudder and used to steer the boat.
Planing hull -A type of hull shaped to glide easily across the water at high speed.
Preventer- line and/or tackle which limits the movement of the boom, usually for the purpose of preventing accidents or-An extra rope, to assist another- ...
The half of the glass nearer to the sextant frame is a mirror, the other half is clear. hull speed: the fastest a keelboat will go, usually dependent on length of the hull at the waterline.
Solid fibreglass hull. Easy to maintain and not laminated.
Fibreglass deck (not teak). Easy to maintain, and no leaks.
An opening in the hull, through which anchor chains (sometimes called hawsers) are run. Usually fitted with a hawsepipe. (back)
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The flat, vertical hull section that extends across the stern.
Traveler strap
Stainless steel strap made to form a loop that is mounted to the forward upper corner of the rudder head. Attachment point for the lower mainsheet block.
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Cant Frames - Angled frames in the extreme forward or aft ends of a ship which form the sharp ends of the vessel's hull.
Canvas - Tightly woven cloth used for sails, awnings, covers, dodgers and biminis; slang for sails.
BILGES The lowest portion of a ship inside the hull, considering the inner bottom where fitted as the bottom hull limit. BILL BOARD An inclined platform, fitted at the intersection of the forward weather deck and the shell, for stowing an anchor.
Ballast can be placed inside the hull of the boat or externally in a keel. Bar A region of shallow water usually made of sand or mud. Beam The widest part of a boat. Bear away, bear off To fall off.
Bilge A rounding of the hull along the length of the boat where the bottom meets the side.
Bilgeboards Similar to centerboards, and used to prevent lee way. Bilgeboards are located on either side of the centerline at the bilges.
A "fair" hull is one with no dips or bumps in the longitudinal lines of the hull. Fairness is checked by sighting down the longitudinal lines.
 See also: Boat, Sail, Forward, Sailing, Deck
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