Matt Broze wrote: >It seems to me that the rudder will create more drag for several reasons. It >is adding wetted surface just by being there (Sea Kayaker Magazines 1986 >towing tank tests showed 10% more drag at 3 knots--going in a straight >line) <<snip>> Does a drop skeg (below the waterline, obviously) have as much drag as a rudder (which is at the waterline and behind the boat's wave) due to the added wetted surface? Shawn -- 0 ____©/______ ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Shawn W. Baker 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ Baker Brothers mailto://baker_at_montana.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 04 1999 - 09:13:17 PDT
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