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Reginald P. Smithers III Reginald P. Smithers III is offline
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Default size of sailboat for lake

Ernest Scribbler wrote:
"Jim" wrote
The formula for maximum boat length is lake width in feet divided by 300


Darn, that means on my river I'm limited to a two foot boat...


I think the person who made the formula was making it tongue in cheek.
I can't figure out why one would think you would need 300' for every
foot of boat length.