William Lloyd wrote: > > You CAN'T "keep the hull planing"! > Sure you can! I've had my hull planing on many waves, in the wake of cargoships. While the hullspeed of my kayak is about 9 km/h, I've read a topspeed of 18 km/h on my GPS on some occasions. Probably I've gone faster, but every time I made the "surf of my life" I hadn't bother to turn on the GPS. Niels. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
William Lloyd wrote: > > You CAN'T "keep the hull planing"! > In a message dated 12/13/2002 5:48:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, niels.blaauw_at_wanadoo.nl writes: Sure you can! I've had my hull planing on many waves, in the wake of cargoships. While the hullspeed of my kayak is about 9 km/h, I've read a topspeed of 18 km/h on my GPS on some occasions. Probably I've gone faster, but every time I made the "surf of my life" I hadn't bother to turn on the GPS. I hope this does not lead to another debate on what actually constitutes planing. There are somewhat credible reports of baidarkas hitting (or possibly exceeding) 10 kts. That is more than their theoretical hull speed. I do not remember whether it was a PW contributor who previously pointed out that the standard multiplier of 1.34 used in determining theoretical (!) hull speed of ships (naval destroyers) has to be adjusted before applying the formula to longer, more slender hull shapes (kayaks, multihulls, etc.). Best regards, Ralph Ralph C. Hoehn Ralph_at_Atlatl-Kayaks.com / Ralph_at_PouchBoats.com www.Atlatl-Kayaks.com / www.PouchBoats.com phone: +1-203-324-0901 *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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