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Re: Other: Google/wolfram unit conversion/calculat
By:Bohdan Szymanik
Date: 2/9/2011, 4:37 pm

: 3 square meters would be a tiny boat.

: You're generally lucky to get 60/40 epoxy to glass ratios btw doing
: hand layup, usually not even close to that specially when you
: first start using it.

: Bill H.

Yes, it looks like I was a bit wrong there. I took the wetted surface area of the black pearl on Bjorn's site and did a rough doubling. Checking the Petrel details tab on Nick's site shows 4.3 m^2. I'm guessing the Petrel and Black Pearl will be similar in surface area.

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Other: Google/wolfram unit conversion/calculation tricks
Bohdan Szymanik -- 2/9/2011, 4:11 am
Re: Other: Google/wolfram unit conversion/calculat
Bohdan Szymanik -- 2/9/2011, 4:22 am
Re: Other: Google/wolfram unit conversion/calculat
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/9/2011, 9:46 am
Re: Other: Google/wolfram unit conversion/calculat
Bohdan Szymanik -- 2/9/2011, 2:37 pm
Re: Other: Google/wolfram unit conversion/calculat
Bill Hamm -- 2/9/2011, 2:43 pm
Re: Other: Google/wolfram unit conversion/calculat
Bohdan Szymanik -- 2/9/2011, 4:37 pm
Re: Other: surface and volume calculations
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/10/2011, 12:39 am