Fear of sinking by over-power is why I won't put a turbo charger on my A4
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Sam Salter via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 6:26 PM To: CnC Subject: Stus-List Fw: The stern squats at high speed I would have thought (no science here) if it had that much power, it could climb over its own bow wave and "escape " hull speed. (This is how a Flux-Capacitor works - trust me on this! ) sam :-) From: Robert Gallagher via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 1:11 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Reply To: Robert Gallagher Subject: Re: Stus-List The stern squats at high speed Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this... The stern of a displacement hull vessel will begin to submerge as you approach hull speed. It's settling into the trough of its own wake(s). Even kayaks do it. Someone told me a long time ago that a displacement vessel could "theoretically sink itself if it had enough power". YMMV Rob
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