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On 31-May-2004, (William R. Watt) wrote:

..For a constant displacement, wetted surface area
changes directly with length. Why complicate things?

because it's not true

I give up.

I suspect the subject has been studied by, say,
Soviet sports scientists, but they are not sharing their data.

There are lots of studies that have been published on racing canoes
and kayaks (Olympic class), but you'd probably question their relevance
to recreational canoes.

Mike