I watched the episode on dimples and air flow of a car. I like the results; so I thought about my boat…

I posted a conversation on iboats.com about fluid dynamics. And someone brought up that the striped basses scales do the same thing as dimples… (can you see where I am going yet?)

I wanna see a boat with scales for the bottom, or possibly dimples, though there are boats out there that have dimples on them already. (check here http://www.clackacraft.com/gulfStream.htm) .

It would be really easy to test on the small scale. And the ramp up would be awesome to see as well. I bet it will work, but how well???

If it does work, I will scale the bottom of my 24 foot Grady white!

In the test I want to see the “get out of the hole” performance, The top speed, and cruising speed RPM comparison against the regular hull.

DO IT! Kevin

I have to ask if someone has experimented using the dimpled surface on props??? Or would that work the opposite reducing the prop's bite in the water??

From the post on IBOATS, Good point.

As for boats, water is not compressible fluid and may behave differently that one that is. Water tends to cavitate, which is a science of its own.

There's an article in this months Physics Today about dimples and ripples on boats.

Very cool. I will check it out.
Still wanna see it on TV with the mythbuster style!