dougies, what word didn't you understand? I mean in addition to asymptote?
More power = more speed.
This has an asymptotical limit, though.
JAXAshby wrote:
you don't know squat about the shape of the power curve of a boat at or
anywhere near hull speed.
JAXAshby wrote:
as·ymp·tote ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sm-tt, -mp-)
n.
A line whose distance to a given curve tends to zero. An asymptote may or
may
not intersect its associated curve
And you're saying that the power curve of a boat "at or near hull speed"
does not have an asymptote?
DSK
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