To: Incorrigible
80 degree list? Yeah, that's basically on it's side. Amazing that the ship is still floating at that point, and not taking on water and sinking to the bottom immediately.
4 posted on
07/24/2006 2:47:29 PM PDT by
kingu
(Yeah, I'll vote in 2006, just as soon as a party comes along who listens.)
To: kingu
80 degree list? Yeah, that's basically on it's side. Amazing that the ship is still floating at that point, and not taking on water and sinking to the bottom immediately. It's called water tight integrity. As long as the water tight doors and hatches hold, it could float like that a long time.
11 posted on
07/24/2006 3:28:24 PM PDT by
CPOSharky
(They hate America until someone shoots at them.)
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