Matt's response brings up antoher question. Matt Broze wrote: >>Actually in deep water the angle of the wake stays the same at all speeds, 38 degrees 56 minutes (at least until the wave barrier is broken and you start to plane--and you don't do that in a human powered kayak). Therefore knowing the angle won't tell you much about the speed of the kayak, but a photo's measured angle might be able tell you about the depth of the water (at least if the angle is greater than 38 deg 56' and you know some of the other parameters in the picture). << I imagine this angle is related to viscosity or how much molecules of a particular substance are attracted to each other (I can't remember the word for this, cohesion?). If I were paddling in mercurey would the angle be more obtuse and in gasoline more acute? Robert *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Oct 06 2000 - 12:35:46 PDT
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