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the art of a hull deciding gravity is optional and skipping across water like a stone.
means The act of a fast-moving boat rising up and skimming across the surface of the water rather than plowing through it, supported by hydrodynamic lift instead of buoyancy.
from From the verb 'plane,' meaning to glide or soar flat, which traces back through Old French 'planer' (to soar, to hover) to Latin 'planus,' meaning flat or level — the same root that gives us 'plain,' 'plane,' and 'esplanade.' The image is of something riding flat and smooth across a surface, which is exactly what a hull does when it stops pushing water aside and starts gliding atop it.
- speed threshold
- happens only above a critical hull speed
- lift source
- water pressure, not buoyancy, holds the boat up
- hump speed
- the brutal climb before the boat breaks free
- fuel paradox
- going faster can burn less fuel
- woodworking twin
- same word means shaving wood smooth with a blade
for instance
lie-nielsen toolworks — maine company that manufactures premium hand planes since 1981