chined

This hard chined scow was designed by Jack Köper.

Large sideways extensions of a chined forebody can have a significant effect on aircraft lift, drag, longitudinal balance and directional stability.

Sharpies are a type of hard chined sailboat with a flat bottom, extremely shallow draft, centreboards and straight, flaring sides.

River steamboats were often built using the same hard chined construction methods of the sailing scows, with a flat bottom, hard chine, and nearly vertical sides.

The Porta-Bote's chined topsides and concave bottom give the skiff more directional stability than inflatable craft of the same size, claims Kaye.

Following some forty years of design development using chined plywood hulls,both Guernsey and Jersey are now importing superior double and single washdeck fibreglass boats from France.

The limitations of wood plank construction, the desire to maximize cargo volume, and the quest for fast, easy hull building led to a new type of construction method unique to chined hulls.

Once sufficiently powerful marine motors had been developed to allow powerboats to plane, it was found that the flat underside of a chined boat provided maximum hydrodynamic lift, while the sharp discontinuity at the chine enabled spray to be deflected away as opposed to riding up the sides of the boat.