Gerr-Vee hulls have been used on several different vessel designs over the 12 years, and all have exceeded expectations. A review of a 66-foot Gerr-Vee hull from January 2001 Yachting Magazine explains as follows:
Simply described it is an inverted bell flanked by tunnel chines, and it gives the softest ride I have ever experienced at speeds up to about 30 knots. Beyond that speed, I have only hearsay to reinforce my opinion, but I trust my sources. Actually soft is a "lame" description of the ride quality; it is more complicated than that. I have to call it magical. It does everything so well, short of making the boat go faster, than it would atop other bottom shapes. Gerr is first to say the design elements in the bottom are not new, but the way he used each one and combined them is. He starts with bell-shape sections, quite narrow, steep and deeper than normal in the bows, broadening amidships, then flattening on the run. At the transom, the narrow part of the bell is squashed flat, providing an effective planning surface.