On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:05:53 -0500 "Michael Daly" <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com> wrote: > >Basically, to plane, you need to hit a speed/length >ration of 1.5 or greater. >The speed/length ratio is the speed divided by the square >root of the length. >This is familiar, as hull speed is defined as a >speed/length ratio of 1.34. For those of you not familiar with the numbers, that's speed in knots and length in feet. I'm guessing that anyone who didn't recognize the numbers (and therefore know them already) was probably wondering about that. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 18 2002 - 07:07:11 PST
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