A sub has to contend with fluid friction primarily while the surface boys
are trying to ride the wave since max theoritical speed for a surface ship
is described by 1.333 times the square root of its water line length.
Daniel
an armchair sailor
'...wind (or fluid) resistance occurs at the trailing end
of an object, not at the front ...'
Which is why I've always been puzzled why destroyers
have snouts like knives - while subs have tear drop shapes.
Hoccum?
Scottie B.
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