Mr. Efficiency & TANSL, I absolutely agree with both of you. I am a small time hobbyist who plays with this approach for the fun of it; it is...
I designed my first boat using a slide rule. The HP programmable was about $500 at that time. By the time I did my second boat, calculator prices...
Great discussion from people with a wealth of experience. But how many here have actually designed and built a boat using a purely mathematical...