can u stall a boat like an airplane?

Question

not engine wise as in manuverability

Answer 1

No. Stalling in a airplane means loosing lift due to turbulence and an unworkable angle of attack of the wing on the air, so that the wing does not get lifted from the top and pushed from the bottom, and the plane looses it's lift. A propeller, which functions something like a wing, can cavitate, forming bubbles, and disrupting it's thrust. Some stepped hull boats may encounter something vaguely similar when in choppy water the turbulence disrupts the water under the hull, making it difficult to stay on a smooth plane, where they ride most efficiently and pleasantly.
See Bernoulli's law.

Answer 2

not as extreme as an airplane no. yankee sailor hit the nail on the head with sail boats.
id say you can stall, in a form, a power boat too, but its normally only a temporary stall. same as with an airplane, it is only temporary, however, unlike a boat, it is all that is needed to set off a chain of events that can make recovery impossible.

one way you can 'stall' is going to fast, producing to much lift out of the water. not common on a boat that is set up right, but, having too short a leg on an outboard, or trim angle too high, the hull can lift too much, especially in catamarans, which, high performance models, are designed to 'fly' by producing lift between the sponsons. the prop can leave the water, not completely, but enough to cause cavitation, as a prop is useless in air. this will cause a temp loss of forward thrust until the boat sinks back down enough for the prop to regain 'grip' many racing boats use this to their advantage, using surface piercing propellers, but your average boat does not utilize this system, as its only good for going at high speed.

it is also possible to turn so sharp you stall. in a sense, you loose momentum and essentially, have no directional force. most boats arnt capable of turning sharp enough for it to occure, before they either swamp or capsize, but boats such as RIBs, and many jet boats, can turn on a dime, so to speak. it is possible, to turn so sharp, the hull 'skips' esentially, skidding, before digging into the water once again and you basically sink into your own wake.

umm other than that, only other instance i can think of is the hulls maximum velocity, that effects displacement hull boats. where the bow wave length euals the boatslength and the boat can not overcome this wave. this is the maximum speed this hull form can achieve and the more power you apply, the further the stern will sink down. commonly seen on Tug boats where they have so much power, and are capabale of reaching this terminal velocity, so to speak. not essentially stalling, but kind of.

Answer 3

On course you can, if you can get it going straight up! A stall is caused when forward momentum equals the force of gravity, and you STOP! Only outside the earth's gravitaional pull, can you reduce your means of propulsion, and not reduce momentum. If you get your boat that far, stay away from the moon!

Answer 4

all the powerboat people who answered this forgot about sailboats, and yes indeed you can stall a sailboat by heading into the wind.......wind flow across the sail stops, lift stops, forward motion stops.....just like an airplane because a planes wing and a boats sail do exactly the same thing....generate lift.......

Answer 5

boats are designed to run them like a bat and many are designed to be able to turn fast and hard and not flip. i have several boats from racing to large cruising. i've never known and boat to shut down except from malfunction or running out of gas. you can go airborne in them and they keep going.

Answer 6

No! you will not fall out of the sky, with a boat!!!!

Answer 7

only when its flying.