Re: [Paddlewise] surfing and hard chines

From: John Blackburn <digipixs_at_erols.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:46:09 -0800
Matt Broze wrote:

> This is from memory, but it is my understanding that the range between a
> speed/length ratio of 1.5 to (something like) 2.5 (or was it 2.25) is
> considered the semi-planing range and that true planing is only happening at
> speeds above that.

That's right, it's all coming back now.  I had forgotten that the transition
period encompassed such a wide speed range.

I'm also going to be a student of wakes this coming summer, rooster tail
hunting!

:-)

John Blackburn

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