Mary wrote; >The Irish pub where hang out in Ft. Lauderdale is a center for the sailing >and yahting crowd. I ran into a fellow who designs racing hulls and he >stated that they use teflon in the gelcote. Then they sand it with either >200 or 400 grit to roughen it up. It was his opinion that an 18' kayak >should gain 1/4 knot with a similar sanding. Ahhh Yes, the old naval architect in the pub bit. Having been one of those I can say with complete confidence that the worst place in the world to get information on fluid dynamics is a pub where naval architects hang out. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Nov 10 1998 - 03:25:53 PST
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