Do womens hooters aid them hydrodynamically, swimming?

[wolfracesonic]

I pondered this whilst recently watching the taut psychological thriller 'Piranha 3D' featuring the lovely Kelly Brook, and wondered if a large pair of hooters assist women to cleave through the water, working in a similar fashion to a ship's bulbous bow

So intrigued was I by this hypothesis, that I repeatedly had to watch the part where the aforementioned Miss Brook swims naked, looking keenly for any post mammary vortices. If my theory holds true, then it would take less energy for Miss Brook
to maintain a given speed in the pool than say Fearne Cotton. I throw the subject up for peer review

Edited by wolfracesonic on Thursday 19th December 21:22

Edited by wolfracesonic on Thursday 31st August 09:38

[andy-xr]

I'll need to go watch it and report back - please hold

[Justaredbadge]

The film "three" has more fascinating footage available for peer review.

It's also on YouTube in full.

[jimmyjimjim]

I remember reading somewhere, many years ago, the results of a study that indicated that a woman with a 38 D was handicapped by about 2 metres in a 100 metre race as a result of the extra drag.

[Puggit]

andy-xr said:

please hold

That's your job when Kelly Brook is swimming naked, not mine

[Ikemi]

Surely larger breasts increase drag? Are there any professional-to-Olympic standard swimmers with large breasts?

[Disco You]

wolfracesonic said:

I pondered this whilst recently watching the taut psychological thriller 'Piranha 3D' featuring the lovely Kelly Brook, and wondered if a large pair of hooters assist women to cleave through the water, working in a similar fashion to a ship's bulbous bow


So intrigued was I by this hypotheses, that I repeatedly had to watch the part where the aforementioned Miss Brook swims naked, looking keenly for any post mammary vortices. If my theory holds true, then it would take less energy for Miss Brook
to maintain a given speed in the pool than say Fearne Cotton. I throw the subject up for peer review

Great film. I don't recommend going to see it with your mother though... That was fun...

[D4MJT]

wolfracesonic said:

I pondered this whilst recently watching the taut psychological thriller 'Piranha 3D'

[MocMocaMoc]

Girls are generally better swimmers than dudes as their larger bums pull their torso into a more streamlined state - us skinny arsed fellas tend to sink, creating drag.

They also have a more flexible 'kick', so their legs propel them a little better.

Or, so my swimming (triathlons - stop laughing) tells me.

I apparently have a good powerful and flexible kick, which leads me to believe my legs are gay.

[Terminator X]

TTIUWP

TX.

[JuniorD]

MocMocaMoc said:

Girls are generally better swimmers than dudes as their larger bums pull their torso into a more streamlined state - us skinny arsed fellas tend to sink, creating drag.

They also have a more flexible 'kick', so their legs propel them a little better.

Yeah but they can't throw worth st

[Pints]

Terminator X said:

TTIUWP

TX.

What more did you want?

[Brother D]

Water is rather viscous, so the additional frontal area would be detrimental. The example of the bulbous bow comes into effect with regards the generated wave/surface and as mentioned assists in cancelling out the standing waves produced by the ships montion. Swimming fast is about keeping the top/frontal area travelling forward as small as possible to reduce the drag.

[madbadger]

Ikemi said:

Surely larger breasts increase drag? Are there any professional-to-Olympic standard swimmers with large breasts?

Increase drag, but also aid bouyancy.

[LordLoveLength]

Oddly, out of the water the more streamlined ones offer the most resistance.

[NRS]

Brother D said:

Water is rather viscous, so the additional frontal area would be detrimental. The example of the bulbous bow comes into effect with regards the generated wave/surface and as mentioned assists in cancelling out the standing waves produced by the ships montion. Swimming fast is about keeping the top/frontal area travelling forward as small as possible to reduce the drag.

So it could be helpful when doing backcrawl (reducing bow waves created by the head and shoulders) but worse when on your front?

[Pixel Pusher]

Not sure about swimming, but on the aquatic theme, the fuller breast certainly is a benefit for motor boating.

[Fishtigua]

Ones fitted at a later date always stand out.

[northwest monkey]

wolfracesonic said:

So intrigued was I by this hypotheses, that I repeatedly had to watch the part where the aforementioned Miss Brook swims naked, looking keenly for any post mammary vortices. If my theory holds true, then it would take less energy for Miss Brook
to maintain a given speed in the pool than say Fearne Cotton. I throw the subject up for peer review

I think I know the part of the film you mean.

I'd like to see Brook/Cotton swimming in baby oil - purely to see if it makes them swim any faster as baby oil is slippier than water so in theory they would be faster.

Maybe one for a late night "Tomorrows World" experiment

[Hard-Drive]

Ah, this is a question I have always pondered too. After many years sailing and generally faffing around in boats, I have concluded that a large set of bangers won't actually assist in swimming speed, however they do have a few other advantages. Primarily, a top-heavy lovely wading in chest deep water will clearly be more energy efficient and faster than a flat chested bloke, for the reasons mentioned above, and also a particularly well endowed lass will be able to detect when she is swimming in shallow water too.

A mate of mine works at the Wolfson unit...I'm sure we could ask the delectable Ms. Brook if she mind if we towed her up and down the test tank a few times whilst we, erm, observed laminar flow and boundary layer separation at varying Reynolds numbers. In other words, looked at her knockers.

Although I think some ship designers may have already had the same idea...

Edited by Hard-Drive on Thursday 19th December 18:37