On 15-Jun-2005, "Van D" wrote:

If you took the overall length and the waterline length of all kayaks, say,
reviewed in www.paddling.net these values would correlate highly
significantly.

I looked at that web site and couldn't find any such data. Overall lengths
were stated, but not waterline lengths.

You should precede your NG postings with a disclaimer 'I have no real
appreciation of scientific concepts'.

So you are suggesting that all kayaks have the same shaped bow and stern?
If you actually look at kayaks, you'll see that that is not true.

Mike