joe, what do you expect me to say? i have never encounterd a field of hunman endeavor where uninformed opinion is stated as loudly as fact as i have in sailing. the fact that someone had a boat going a certain velocity does not mean it was going that velocity through the water. if you can't get this concept, do not turn the page in the fluid dynamics book.
Did you even bother to look at the links I provided? Do you think I don't understand what theoretical hull speed.... displacement speed... means? Morty.... there are many examples of displacement hulls going faster than the bow wave they create....... a kayak is one... please, read the articles..
Our discussion is not about the difference between speed through the water and speed over ground. It is about your reference to a displacement vessel not being able to exceed theoretical hull speed. You said no.... I said yes..
As a scientist or engineer, you should at least be curious.... but your argument is close minded, with no supporting evidence. I provided some content to support my position. You, however, have not provided anything other than mentioning a course you took in "fluid dynamics".... and the fact that you have a masters degree in aerodynamics.
Look Morty, you can get all indignant at my stupidity.... but that doesn't validate your point.... so lose the rhetoric and try to prove your point... or let it go....
The misconception is that people think the theoretical hull speed is some kind of magic, absolute speed limit.... which it is not.