Whilst increasing waterline length gives a theoretical increase in "maximum displacement speed" (which is a slightly flawed concept for other reasons), drag, and hence power consumption, is very much determined by D/L, the displacement/length ratio, rather than just waterline length alone.
This is because drag, at least at speeds below the onset of significant wave-making, is massively dominated by wetted area. The greater the wetted are the slower the boat will be on a given amount of power, as long as the length is such as to ensure that the hull is not operating in the region where wave-making drag starts to make itself felt.
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "\"hanermo\" - CNC 6-axis Designs" <gcode.fi@...> wrote:
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> The only important characteristic is waterline length.
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> Longer = faster.
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> > Hey Dan,
> > Do you have pictures of the mods you made to optimize the displacement
> > hull? I am still learning all this stuff, so a website or any pointers
> > you could provide to us would be extremely useful.
> >
> > Much obliged,
> > Bill
> >
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