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Values in red indicate
optimized wet surface
(= minimum
drag) |
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| Weight of Rower |
Heavyweight Single |
Midweight Single |
Lightweight Single |
| 220 lbs (100kg) |
3.3" (8.4 cm) |
3.0" (7.6 cm) |
2.6" (6.7 cm) |
| 200 lbs (91 kg) |
3.5" (9.0 cm) |
3.3" (8.4 cm) |
2.9" (7.4 cm) |
| 180 lbs (82 kg) |
3.8" (9.6 cm) |
3.5" (8.9 cm) |
3.2" (8.0 cm) |
| 160 lbs (73 kg) |
4.0" (10.2 cm) |
3.7" (9.4 cm) |
3.4" (8.6 cm) |
| 140 lbs (64 kg) |
4.3" (10.8 cm) |
4.0" (10.2 cm) |
3.7" (9.3 cm) |
| 120 lbs (55 kg) |
4.5" (11.3 cm) |
4.2" (10.7 cm) |
3.9" (10.0 cm) |
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The performance
of a boat is determined by hull design. The more wetted surface in
the water, the more surface tension, the less efficient the hull will
be. Along with an already hydrodynamically advanced hull, the hull
of our boat was refined even more to reduce the wetted surface and
surface tension to an area smaller than other competitive models of
similar size. No matter what length a hull, without an effective method
of reducing wetted surface area, it will not achieve a high level
of performance.
These graph and charts show the relationship between the weight of
the rower and the wetted surface that will be present on the Fluidesign
hull. Reduced drag can give a speed improvement of 5% to 10%. Speed
increase comes from a reduction in wetted surface, meaning less drag.
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