Skin Girth

{{unreferenced, date=January 2018 Chain and skin girth

Skin girth is a

measurement Measurement is the quantification of attributes of an object or event, which can be used to compare with other objects or events. In other words, measurement is a process of determining how large or small a physical quantity is as compared ...

of a

yacht A yacht is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a , as opposed to a , such a pleasu ...

hull. Skin girth is specified in some design rules to handicap or match the capabilities of sailing vessels of similar design such as the 12 metre boats. Skin girth is measured by following the surface of the hull from a given elevation on the hull vertically from a specified fore-and-aft position. It differs from the

chain girth Chain girth is a measurement of a yacht hull. Chain girth is specified in some design rules to handicap or match the capabilities of sailing vessels of similar design such as the 12 metre boats. Chain girth is measured as a straight line from ...

(see

convex hull In geometry, the convex hull or convex envelope or convex closure of a shape is the smallest convex set that contains it. The convex hull may be defined either as the intersection of all convex sets containing a given subset of a Euclidean space ...

) which follows the skin on convex surfaces, but goes straight across the chord of concave surfaces, as a tight chain would. Nautical terminology