On 16-Jun-2005, "rick" wrote:

I
don't think anyone is going to deny that a kayak with a 18'
overall length
is going to have a longer waterline than a kayak with a 14'
overal length
=======================
Looks like Mike did. He claimed that overall length did not
correlate to waterline lenght.

Lookee, Lookee what I found on the web site that someone posted
with Sea Kayaker magazine data:

Prijon*Calabria Current Design Andromeda
LOA 4.42m (14.5ft) 5.26m (17.25ft)
LWL 3.96m (13 ft) 4.19m (13.75ft)
Drag 16.7 lb 18.0 lb

So here we have two _real_ sea kayaks, one that is more than 17 foot
long and another that is over 14 feet long (one 19% longer) yet
their waterline lengths are 13 and 13.75 feet respectively (one
only 6% longer).

Note in particular that the _shorter_ kayak has less resistance
at 4.5 knots.

Is this what you call a high correlation between LOA and LWL? Does
this prove that long kayaks are faster?

Mike