Re: Transonic drag

Scott sez:

> Now, as you may notice, the water behind a ship, inside the barriers of
> the wake, is much less turbulent than either the wake itself or the water
> around it.

Boy, ain't *that* the truth.  This is the reason I love to follow the
Coast Guard cutter with my Zodiac (well, Sillinger actually, but nobody
recognizes that brandname) when I go out over the bar to go SCUBA diving.

> God!  It's hard to describe without diagrams!

I dunno.  I thought you did a pretty darn good job! :^)

	- Mark