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  • QuinceDaPence@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    They’re vessels but I don’t think they’d qualify as ships.

    If I ask you to name every ship in the Navy I do not want RHIBs, dinghys, tenders, lifeboats or rafts included, but if I ask for every vessel, then if the Navy owns a kayak I want it listed.

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            1 year ago

            Planing vs displacement.

            An aircraft carrier is limited by its hull speed to about 45 pretty much no matter how much power you give it.

            A slow jetski will do 65. I’ve heen on ones that would do that with the “slow” key where supposedly the fast key would let you do 85-90.

            I’ve also been on a tri-tune that did 75.

            An aircraft carrier is about the fastest displacement vessel but when you move into planing hulls its a different ball game.