• @[email protected]
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    111 months ago

    You aren’t outrunning an aircraft carrier, those behemoths can outrun most of their escorts if they want

    • QuinceDaPence
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      211 months 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.