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To: Perseverando

I wonder how stable the ship will be. It looks like it
will not have a very deep draft even when loaded. The ship’s designers will have an interesting time dealing stability issues.


6 posted on 01/22/2015 9:05:45 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: Maine Mariner

In my world, we refer to this as “Powerpoint Engineering”.


11 posted on 01/22/2015 9:41:57 AM PST by Pecos (What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.)
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To: Maine Mariner

Might have one of those longer keel “fins” like some of the speed sailing boats to help limit heeling.


15 posted on 01/22/2015 11:20:18 AM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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