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Originally Posted by Hogweed
did the number 1.34 just pop into someones head or did someone 'derive' that number from a series of equasions? and the number 1.34 itself: does it mean anything in the context you are using it in without multiplying it by the square root of the length of the waterline of the boat or boats in question? these are numbers being manipulated in a certain sequence in order to order things. the number 1.34 might just as well mean the average number of goals in youth hockey tornament in moose jaw, saskatchewan, or anything else. it is obviously an important number, i just don't think it 'does' anything independent of its use.
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The number is not being manipulated by anybody unless somebody is using the number to desgn a boat that produces a certain hull speed. The number appears to be doing the manipulating in the sense that no boat escapes it's determining effect. I don't know who or how this fact was discovered. Regardless of whether anyone knows the number or uses the number it is a factor in how fast boats can go.
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