D. K. Brown's article "The Form and Speed of Sailing Warships"

Frank Fox had told me about this article a number of years ago. David K. Brown wrote an article for The Mariner's Mirror Vol.84 No.3 (August 1998) called "The Form and Speed of Sailing Warships" (pp.298-307). His conclusions:

1. Hull form affects resistance only at the highest speed, and then, only marginally
2. Speed is not affected by trim to any great degree
3. Yaw will noticeably affect ships, especially at low speeds
4. Stern down trim helps sailing performance, as it increases directional stability
5. Sailing warships are unlikely to have achieved speed-length ratios as great as 1.0 (V/SQRT(L))
6. If conclusion 5 is true, then many sailing reports are probably untrue