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Re: GGGGRRRRRROOOOAAANNNNNNNNNNNN......
Posted By: David In Response To: GGGGRRRRRROOOOAAANNNNNNNNNNNN...... (PeteWP)
Date: Sunday, 13 February 2000, at 7:03 p.m.
> To all who responded on the bifurcated bow "thingamajig", my
> opinion hasnt changed. In a nutshell, you cant credit these people with
> performance designs resulting in the mid to lower single digits of
> percentag improvements. Sorry thats strictly the domain of modern
> technology - that includes the use of an accurate stopwatch to say the
> least. Anything above that, say like 10% and up...ok...maybe... less than
> that and your just embracing romantic old world mysticism and the good
> fortune of serendipity.> C-c-c-c-c-c-can we end it h-h-h-h-here?
> Pete
Hmmm. . . Can't measure anything below 10% without a stopwatch? Let's see--9% over a ten mile passage would put the better boat more than 1500 yards ahead. I think I'd notice that. Even if the two paddlers had significantly different ability, the relative change from the previous day in the old boat would be observed.
Have a look at the America's Cup boats this year. If it were simply a matter of appying modern technology don't you think the boats would be much closer to identical? Why would any syndicate bother to build two? The fact is, we still don't know exactly what makes a boat fast. You ultimately have to perform on the water testing, and as the differences get smaller (your less than 10%) you just have to do more and more testing.
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