Uh Oh.... the more mature one between us!? Like looking for a hamburger at the Hindu Family Picnic.
Jimbo should at least, I think answer some fundemental questions if he is going to be so, well, obnoxious..
Like answering the above inquiry for example. I agree its getting old, and I have responded to Jimbo time and time again... like the "email" he recieved from Leidy (which was actualy a forum response posted on Kayak Foundrys Forum, this is where Capt. Jimbo misrepresented himself to Leidy, and duped him into giving the correct answer to a disingenious question)
Here is what Nick Schade has to say on the topic
"...Just because the displacement might not match what the boat will see when you paddle it, doesn't really matter. The DWL is used for calculating all the other particulars such as waterline length, draft, prismatic coefficient etc. And while changing the DWL will effect these number it won't make a huge difference and can still be used for relative comparison purposes.
( the real topic.. not what Leidy was duped into answering, again leidy wasnt wrong at all, it was the questions nature)
Here's a link to the forum
http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-bin/Design/index.cgi/noframes/read/970No, it wasnt my doing, I didnt sneak off and pretend to need information or anything... thats would be just childish and really whiney)
I linked to the forum a while ago, I also addressed the nonsensical "poll" question where Capt. Jimbo fumbled so badly fumbled "reliable" he still cant quite fiqure out reliable vs. valid etc... as evidenced by his latest ramblings.
I pointed out where he initialy said the kayaks were not even close to being the same... he appears to have at least fiqured out that they are.. or at least he realized his initial assesment and methodolgy were wrong (he hadnt quite fiqured out Kayak Foundry yet at that point)
But they were very much the same in regard to most measures (except of course as I strated at the out set, displacement)
To say that idividual drag numbers for one specific boat are not valid is nonsensical, for the statement to be true, there would have to be fault with Leidy's program... it would have to spit out numbers which were intented to be a measure of something they were not, in this case friction.
For the individual numbers to be unreliable, they would need to vary at the output stage, despited input always remaining constant.
The numbers are both valid and reliable
But at last Houdini you are correct, and I will not win in an argument against the Capt', he cares only to shout the loudest in hopes that someone will assocciate loud with true.
He doesnt much care what others think of him, if they question him, or dont see him as the authority.. they are merely "sycophants" and the unwashed... those who opinions of him dont matter anyway.. as they are not worthy (ya' know, like I feel about him)
He's not saddled with a desire not to be thought of as a pompuos fool, so he can afford to do things like ignore things like "the point".
I do however care about other members opinions and preceptions of me however... so I will shut up now I promise.
Calling Captn Jimbo 
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