planing speed - The speed needed for a boat to begin planing.
planing - A boat rising slightly out of the water so that it is gliding over the water rather than plowing through it.
PLANING SPEED - The point at which an accelerating hull rises onto the top of the water. To calculate a hull's planning speed, multiply the square root of the waterline length by 2.
PORT - The left side of a boat looking forward. A harbor.
Planing Speed - The speed needed for a boat to begin planing.
Plank Sheer - On a wooden vessel, the outermost deck plank covering the gunwale. also called Covering Board ...
The forward chine is all about designing a hull shape that will get up on a plane quickly The aft chine is all about stability and flat buttocks, again to help with planing speeds.
Chines will not work on just any boat.
Flat bottom boats are typically intended for use on calm waters such as ponds, small lakes, and slow rivers because they do not handle well in choppy or rough water, especially at planing speeds.
light in the forward part of the boat closer to the sidelights minimizes the decrease in vertical separation (all-round light / sidelights) when the boat assumes a bow-high trim (e.g. in the case of a planing boat traveling below planing speed).
 See also: Planing, Boat, High, Hull, Deck
  
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