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Need to keep out of the water!

Displacement vs mass supported steel bolt sinks in water, steel hull floats - because it isn't solid steel

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multi-hull boats

Parts of a hull - bow, stern. transom, chines, keel etc

Hull materials: wood, fibreglass, metal, composites

Length at Waterline (LWL)

Length Overall (LOA)