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foil vs. wetted surface
Posted by Randy Knauff on Jul 4, 2004
Raising a 15' water line one inch reduces wetted area drag by about 2.5 square feet. Even if you don't clear the water with the hull, would there be a place where the reduced wetted surface area drag more than offsets the foil drag?
Randy
In Response to: Fast 'kayak' 18 MPH + by Ice-Phil on Jul 2, 2004
Replies:
- Re: foil vs. wetted surfa by Mark Camp on Jul 5, 2004
- Re: foil vs. wetted surfa by Randy Knauff on Jul 6, 2004