Michael Daly wrote:
I never said it had no effect on speed. I said the effect cannot
be determined by knowing overall length. If you have waterline
length and you are comparing _very_similar_ hulls, you could make
some estimation of expected speeds.

Mike

They got similar overhang, but another question that intrigues me is
how the depth of the V affects speed, ie. how a recreational boat would
be slower than a touring boat of the same lenght. I read, for example,
that the Old Town T-160 is "slow" at 16' because of a shallow V bottom.