> Any ship that goes much faster than its hull speed (which is about 1.3 > times the square root of the length in feet at water line, answer in > knots) is going to be planing, even it's not a hull that's well suited > for it. In a non-planing hull, it's a lot more expensive to go a bit > faster than in a planning hull, and it can be terrifyingly dangerous. > > > > -- > David Scheidt > [email protected]
I'd always wondered how that worked. :) I had problems trying to match the speeds given in GURPS with speeds for age of sail warships... _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
