Abstract: Fast boat which comprises a boat hull having a front stem, a stern, two side walls as well as a bottom plate with a bottom plate surface facing the water, where on the bottom plate surface facing the water on each side respectively one sliding skid is arranged with sliding steps and preferably in the midships plane a keel skid is provided with keel steps, and between the sliding skids at least one aeration channel is formed, the boat hull being preferably equipped with a bow fin, in which the free bottom surface facing the water has primarily in the area between the longitudinal center of the boat and the stern an inclination which preferably declines towards the stern.