Re: What constitutes a "planing hull"?

[rudderless]

Think olive pit…use your lips to eject an olive pit without blowing..your lips will spread apart as you push the pit forward with your tongue and then your lips will push the pit out past half way. A displacement hull will spread the water apart and then the water will come to home, pushing the boat forward.

A planing hull is designed to travel faster than the water will come home. That hull works best as far out of the water as possible. So more planing area all the way to the back is best.

I did try a Hurricane 10 on the families 18′ canoe once. Thought if I went fast enough it would plane out. With my 200lb friend in the front all it did is lift him high out of the water and I was damm near under water. The water fulcrum was too far forward.

There is a hull..like a stepped hull that can do both?? Not sure but I think so..

Sorry for the pit anology …some might read something else into it…