Yes, but as I understand it, some time before that happens with a typical displacement hull with no planing surfaces it becomes so unstable it capsizes and sinks or at least all heck breaks loose.
Modern wide arsed hulls are more likely to plane with enough power (read that as LOTS!) Ken H. On 14 January 2015 at 19:25, Sam Salter via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album. > > Please donate to the C&C Photo Album to keep this list free for all > subscribers. > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album. > > Please donate to the C&C Photo Album to keep this list free for all > subscribers. > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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