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To: Rannug

why ban bulbous bows. They add hydrodynamic efficiency to large ships near their top speed. Time to get more alert watch officers, then what kind of bow a tanker or container ship has would be of no consequence.


65 posted on 08/21/2017 9:09:32 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe

Bulbous bows was in a quotation I was responding to.
I guess bulbous bows are better that bulbous balls.


92 posted on 08/22/2017 6:24:54 AM PDT by Rannug (When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.)
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