The Vice President of the United States is the ex officio President of the Senate, with authority to preside over the Senate's sessions, although he can vote only to break a tie. For decades the task of presiding over Senate sessions was one of the vice president's principal duties.
However, because they ride atop the water, rather than cutting through it as other hulls do, flat-bottom boats are usually limited in the size of their motors. The flat surface may also give a spine-jarring ride in anything less than calm weather.
Solid hulls were the rule in the early days of fiberglass boatbuilding and many are still found in both older boats and new boats. There is a popular myth that early glass hulls were built as thick as wood hulls because builders didnât know how strong glass was and wanted to play it safe.