"Displacement" means slow, efficient, seaworthy (however you define that).
"Semi-planing" means faster but still kind of efficient and seaworthy.
"Planing" means goes like a bat out of hell.
An easy way to define a boat from paper specks is to look at the power installed.
At 3-5 hp per ton its a displacement boat , that should be cheap to keep.
After that its up to you to decide if the range at usually 1 nm per gal is useful for you.
Beware , many owners and boat assembelers will use statute miles , not nautical miles in touting their product, about a 20% difference.
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