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On Mar 19, 4:29*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:14:35 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:46:12 -0400, HK wrote: Frogwatch wrote: It seems that deadrise has a radical effect on the ability of a boat to get on plane quickly and thus use less fuel. *More deadrise makes a boat punch through waves better but increases draft and reduces fuel economy in smaller seas. *I assume that variable deadrise has been tried. * Hehehehe. You *are* quite the poster. Hey it's a boating post. All good ideas are proceeded by lots of bad ones. WD-40 followed 39 failed attempts. Not bad when you consider it took Edward G. Robinson 606 tries before he arrived at the "magic bullet" cure for syphilis. Killed a lot of people doing it too. Just like WD-40 is still killing bearings. --Vic It's killing bearings because people are using it for purposes not intended. Water is still killing bearings, too as is sand. |
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