Drag is the negative factor inherent
to hull design, and glide is the positive factor.
Good glide is easy to understand, and much better to actually realize.
Summer 2015 Masik
I just finished Ralph Young’s documentation of his attempt to tow test several models in the 2015 Masik.
http://www.qajaqusa.org/newsletter/Masik_Summer_2015.pdf
If you have a hankering to try kayak design on the cheap, check out Ross Leidy’s site (Blue Heron Kayaks). He wrote Kayak Foundry some time ago. It will run stability and drag curves for a design & print out the station forms.
http://www.blueheronkayaks.com/kayak/index.html
yes
is possible. Build a frame on sponsons holding the hull steady…power up with a computer controlled motor and measure. ‘Measure’ is a French word often used in quantum physics for describing the cat behavior.
However, after wandering of in this direction several times, I regret the waste of time and energy dealing with a forest of unknown variables, unknown until we stumble over it. Don Quixote.
thanks to Cardelo and friend for the discourse. I’ll look for the book.
Woof
That Masik article, yeesh! In the words of the great one - I mean Yogi Berra, of course - 90% of that article is half wrong…
predictions
There used to be drag calculation spreadsheets at the Mariner kayaks site – the company is no more, but some of the links still work: http://www.marinerkayaks.com/
One design tool is Bearboat: http://www.bearboat.net/BearboatSP.html