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Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/17/2009, 12:23 am
In Response To: Seeking: Half entrance angle *Pic* (Kudzu)

: Anyone have any good information on this subject. It's one of those that I
: have not found a lot of information on. What effect it has on boats.

: I know if you run a design through Godzilla with minimal restrictions the
: optimum design it come up with is extremely fine entry and exit. That is
: lowest resistance hull shape it comes up with.

There's more to design than just minimum resistance. Having really fine ends at both ends of the boat will tend to make the boat hobby horse in short waves as there's little resistance to stop it and both ends have little extra floatation. Might work ok for a flatwater racing kayak that's not expected to be in waves.

Bill H.
Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: Half entrance angle *Pic*
Kudzu -- 8/16/2009, 5:07 pm
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Bill Hamm -- 8/17/2009, 12:23 am
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Kudzu -- 8/18/2009, 12:02 pm
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Bill Hamm -- 8/19/2009, 1:05 am
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Kudzu -- 8/19/2009, 7:25 am
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2009, 12:51 am
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2009, 12:52 am
Re: Seeking: Half entrance angle
Terry Haines -- 8/18/2009, 12:54 pm
Where did the picture come from??
Kudzu -- 8/16/2009, 10:21 pm
Re: Where did the picture come from??
Gary Kvasnicka -- 8/18/2009, 9:00 pm
Re: Where did the picture come from??
Kudzu -- 8/19/2009, 7:21 am
Re: Where did the picture come from??
Bill Hamm -- 8/17/2009, 12:24 am
Re: Where did the picture come from??
Robert N Pruden -- 8/17/2009, 9:08 am
Re: Where did the picture come from?? *Pic*
Kudzu -- 8/18/2009, 12:04 pm
Re: Where did the picture come from??
Robert N Pruden -- 8/18/2009, 12:28 pm