Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Bouancy (please read)

[MerlinSub@t-online.de (Carsten Standfuß)]

And the center of gravity gets higher over the center 
of bouancy so the SAILboat will run with lower 
stability.. means can not catch so much wind..

and mass is only a error of the symetric.

Carsten

Jonathan Wallace schrieb:
> 
> Well, salt water should cause anything to be more
> bouyant, but it is also more dense which means
> the boat would have to plow through more matter
> than fresh water.  I'd guess that there may be
> a theoretical advantage to speed in salt water
> since drag would be less (less boat in the water),
> but I'd also guess the difference is imperceptable
> and possible immeasurable.
> 
> ok all you armchair scientists, have at it.
> 
> Jon