utter lack of understanding on your part gould. you are trying to force fit
garbage science into a unified theory of the universe.
IMO, a Hobie Cat is on plane....(hell,
sometimes airborne)..when it is making better than hull speed.
Hobies have DEEP Vee hulls, not possible to plane.
Normally laden, all but a few inches of that
"Deep Vee" is above the waterline.
What's the effective draft of a Hobie Cat, in inches?
One could make a case that the boat is always, (effectively) on plane at
least
as easily as a case that it cannot plane at all.
http://www.hobiecat.com/sailing/index.html
The exceptions prove the rule, as always.