bow flare

[rasorinc]

Glen-L calls it a Bulbous Keel

and reverse curve at the chine.
Looks great and has an important fuction.

[viking north]

Bulbous Keel ? thats a new term for me.

[rasorinc]

BULBOUS FOREFOOT
A convex entry at the keel/stem junction (as opposed to a sharp vee) incorporated to soften the ride. When used in conjunction with a reverse curve at the chine, it usually makes sheet materials impractical requiring other planking methods in the forward section.
REVERSE CURVE
A concave curve in the bottom at the chine. The usual purpose is to deflect spray.

[viking north]

Thanks-Rasorinc-- got it --will toot the horn --in March as i pass thru Tenn. --Geo.

[whitepointer23]

all the hartley boats ny father home built were flared bows, double diagonal ply strips for the flare, pretty simple to do. i have owned flared and non flared boats, the non flared bows are just to wet for me. i am talking power boats not sail. this is my jet boat, you can't tell in the pic but it has a lot of flair in the bow and is very dry in most seas.

[Mr Efficiency]

Some of the wettest rides out there have flared bows, dryness in a planing hull is more a function of the rake of the buttock lines forward, below the chine. A cutaway forefoot is drier and more sure-footed with seas abaft of beam, all else being equal.