Waxing the bottom of the boat

Mariognarly · Addict Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 853

Hey, I never thought this was so technical. To me a smoother surface just seemed like a no brainer. Im the guy who waxed the bottom of his old boat and got an extra 4MPH top speed, and the acceleration was also noticably increased. The time it took to plane was decreased also after I waxed it. It was an old boat though, 1991, and had some scratches on the bottom, so those could be other variables as well.

Do any of you know an online source of Fluid Mechanical information? Id like to learn more about this.

OttoNP · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 848 City: MI

Here's part of a something from MIT. Everything here is the same in my Fluid Dynamic's book. If you go back to the URL and do some figuring, you could read the whole boat.

With any fluid's problem you almost always figure out the Reynold's Number first. This will give you an idea about they flow on/around your object. Then you go from there....

http://www.mas.ncl.ac.uk/~sbrooks/book/nish.mit.edu/2006/Textbook/Nodes/chap07/node12.html

Nick
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eeven73 · Posted: Apr 28, 2003 6:56 am Post subject:

Thank God I have a PhD in Physics otherwise this post would be confusing Wink

Mariognarly · Addict Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 853

derekbell23 · Newbie Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Posts: 7

ok, the guy that got all this started, i'm sorry, i know you were wantin a simple answer.. and u didn't get one.. but now that all this has been said.. i say this,
WHO THE HELL CARES HOW FAST A WAKEBOARD BOAT GOES. personally i could care less how fast my Tige goes as long as it goes fast enough to pull me wakeboarding.. plus waxing it will make it look better and will help in the chicks department..

RIDE TIGE!!! Cool

X-Star · Soul Rider Joined: 01 Apr 2003 Posts: 253

Good call derekbell23, this sounds like to much drama for a simple question. Wax it, don't wax it, who cares. It's just a boat.