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Michael Daly wrote:

On 1-Jun-2004, (William R. Watt) wrote:

wait just a darned minute, are you saying the data you presented is not
test data but is calculated from dimensions using Winter's KAPER model?
that's not data. sorry, it doesn't count as data.

No one does tank testing of kayaks. Too expensive. All data published
in Sea Kayaker is based on both KAPER and Taylor. Both produce similar
results. These calculations have been calibrated with real test data.

If you want better data, you'll look long and hard.

Better yet, do it yourself if you think it's so important.