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Are surfboards planing hulls or displacement hulls?

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Are surfboards planing hulls or displacement hulls?


Tahini Raving Weirdo asked:

I am building a boat which is basically a platform on two surfboards with an outboard motor. I plan to put about 5 horsepower on that, and there will be no additional weight.
If surfboards plane, I reckon this will do 15 knots.
If they don’t though, I wouldn’t really be able to exceed hull speed, would I, and that would be pretty slow in this case.
So, what are they then?
Thanks.

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