Re: Is "oil canning" really that important?
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:11 pm
There are many factors affecting a boats performance, among these are area of whetted surface, hull drag, laminar flow, wave drag, and frictional resistance, as well as lack of knowledge. A oil canning hull effects many of these, irregardless of their notice or awareness.
My worn out Spanish Fly has waves and ripples all over it's bottom, even while being braced from within by a section of plastic lattice. Do I like paddling it... yes. Is it paid for.... yes. Would I like a new one... yes. Is it slowing me down....yes. Will this affect performance... yes.
Jack asked how oil canning affecting performance.... go read the first sentence. If he had asked, should I buy a oil canning boat the answer would have been different. If he had asked, would you sell your boat because it was oil canning, the answer would be different. He asked, "Is this something to be concerned about?". To which the simple answer is yes. How concerned is a personal manner, and a matter of opinion. And something that will certainly vary from user to user. However irregardless of notice, whether through the ostrich approach or through lack of awareness, performance and handling (ie. not only speed) will still be a tissue. Although this may very well vary over the lifetime of a paddler.
My worn out Spanish Fly has waves and ripples all over it's bottom, even while being braced from within by a section of plastic lattice. Do I like paddling it... yes. Is it paid for.... yes. Would I like a new one... yes. Is it slowing me down....yes. Will this affect performance... yes.
Jack asked how oil canning affecting performance.... go read the first sentence. If he had asked, should I buy a oil canning boat the answer would have been different. If he had asked, would you sell your boat because it was oil canning, the answer would be different. He asked, "Is this something to be concerned about?". To which the simple answer is yes. How concerned is a personal manner, and a matter of opinion. And something that will certainly vary from user to user. However irregardless of notice, whether through the ostrich approach or through lack of awareness, performance and handling (ie. not only speed) will still be a tissue. Although this may very well vary over the lifetime of a paddler.