Starting at the bow.
Usually has a sharp entry which allows it to slice through the water
sometimes is a little rake to it backward allows it
to part the water and part the waves so there's
a smooth entry into the water. As you work your way back
the front part of the bow has a little bit of a curve to it
which kind of pushes the water to the side. So this again
increases the efficiency of the boat because you not plowing through the water
it's kind of slicing through it. As you progress back further
probably midship the boat is the widest at its
the beam is the biggest about midship and that's there for
stability and if you are basically interested in
in going down a lake or are along a lake or
river where you didn't have to do a lot of turns and stuff like this. You would probably
ask or you want to have a canoe that does have a keel on it
and you can find canoes that don't have keels on it. If you need a boat
that you can have to maneuver a lot in turns go around bulrushes
and all that kind of stuff you probably want a canoe that doesn't
have a keel on it. As you work back to the end of the boat usually
at least which are talking about rowboats the transoms get a little bit smaller
and sometimes they're even double enders where they would
they would end like they like they started in other words
the water would gently be expelled from the boat
in a nice none turbulent way
If they're looking for a boat to do a certain thing or achieve a certain function
they would incorporate that into the design of the boat
and they probably wouldn't know what to incorporate
but they would experiment with this and try this
and see what worked for them. It was probably through trial and error
and once they built the boat is to sit back on the water and see how
how it handles and how it travel through the water and whether they want
stability whether they want to carry a bunch of stuff or they want to use it
to go fast or they wanted a specific boat
that they can portage it wanted to be lightweight or they want a certain boat that
for whatever purpose they want to make sure that's incorporated into the design.