To: exnavy
OK. That helps, but its not adding up to 14,000 square feet. However, if the chain were lain across a reef and measuring all external surface area of said reef, I can start to imagine how one could milk this to 14,000 square feet. I’m still guessing the actual square footage of damage is about a magnitude lower, and that this is number that will be reported for fining the company than runs Paul Allen’s boat.
23 posted on
01/29/2016 1:24:02 AM PST by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: lefty-lie-spy
If you assume that the damaged area is 14,000 square feet, and that the boat swung in a complete circle around the anchor during it's mooring, then:
A=πr2
Solving for r, the circle (boat plus anchor chain) need only be 66.8' long to sweep an area of 14,000 sq. ft.
24 posted on
01/29/2016 1:41:39 AM PST by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: lefty-lie-spy
25 posted on
01/29/2016 1:52:14 AM PST by
exnavy
(good gun control: two hands, one shot, one kill.)
To: lefty-lie-spy
I can start to imagine how one could milk this to 14,000 square feet.
It really doesn't matter, the coral will grow back.......
43 posted on
01/29/2016 5:37:05 AM PST by
Hot Tabasco
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