Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 07:19:09 -0600
From: Philip Wylie <pjwylie@planet.eon.net>
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Subject: Re: [baidarka] Baidarka Hull Speed and Improved Laminar Flow
Stefano Moretti wrote:
> > Skin friction is not to be discounted in understanding the paddling
> > efficiency of a canoe or kayak.
SNIP
> Same with fast driven hulls that are painted with hygrophyle (sorry for
> spelling) bottom paint to reduce viscosity by providing water-water
> interface.
> Be as it may, water flux along a hull is anything but laminar in the
> real world (water).
Stefano,
Who has used hgrophyle paint on a Kayak hull? Are you aware of any
people
who have done so to their kayak? Were the results that efficacious and
worth while at the speed limitations of a kayak? Curious.
Best Regards,
Philip Wylie