[1] The minimum slenderness ratio to which the slender body method can be applied depends on the Froude number at which the resistance is being evaluated. As the Froude number is reduced, the minimum slenderness ratio to which the method can be applied is also reduced. As a rough guide, at a Froude number of unity, the minimum slenderness ratio would be between approximately 7.5 and 8.0. If the Froude number were reduced to 0.2, then the method could be applied to slenderness ratios as low as 4.0.