On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 07:33:32 -0400, DSK wrote:

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?

I am puzzled. What quantity approaches an asymptote and against what
independent variable?


Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC


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