470 (dinghy)
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The 470 is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to pla
2008 470 World Champions Erin Maxwell and Isabelle Kinsolving sailing upwind.
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Planing (boat)
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Planing is the mode of operation for a waterborne craft in which its weight is predominantly supported by hydrodynamic lift, rather than hydrostatic lift.
470 (dinghy)
…The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed…
A Contender dinghy planing on a broad reach. Note the typical way the bow lifts up while the stern skims over the water.
Royal Navy World War II motor torpedo boat planing at speed on calm water showing its hard chine hull - note how most of the forepart of the boat is out of the water
Albacore dinghy planing