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Robin Brueckner wrote:
> consider clipper ships which got up to 18 knots or so UNDER SAIL...were they
> planing? displacement? semidisplacement?
Displacement, Rob, I think...since 18 knots is hull speed for a 180
footer...(18/1.34)squared...and most clippers were longer than that.
Bob
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R C Smith Jr
M/V MARY KATHRYN
1977 Hatteras 58 LRC
Jib Room
Marsh Harbour, Abaco
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