Chine (boating)
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A chine in boat design is a sharp change in angle in the cross section of a hull. The chine typically arises from the use of sheet materials as the mode of construction.
Royal Navy World War II motor torpedo boat (MTB) planing at speed on calm water showing its hard-chine hull. Note how most of the bow of the boat is out of the water.
Scow
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A scow is a smaller type of barge. Some scows are rigged as sailing scows. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, scows carried cargo in coastal waters and inland waterways, having an advantage for nav
Chine (boating)
…been developed to allow powerboats to plane, it was found that the flat underside of a chined boat provided maximum hydrodynamic lift and speed. The scow in particular, in the form of the scow schooner, was the first significant example of a hard-chine sailing vessel. While sailing scows had a poor safety…
A New Zealand scow around 1900
A scow on the Adour in Bayonne in 1843 by Eugène de Malbos.
Jane Gifford Re-rigged, Manukau Harbour 1993. Photo: Subritzky Collection.