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Originally Posted by aj906
I wonder what you could get with a 1/3 of the boat (and thus resistance) out of the water  Nevermind that extra few feet of draft saved by the loss of the weight incurred by all those eels! |
Actually drag is worse on the surface due to wave resistance. As the hull moves through the water waves build up along the waterline, and the waves create more drag.
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