Re: [bolger] Ballast, yet again
In a message dated 2/10/2001 9:15:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
claude_the_sailor@...writes:
<< O K, folks, if we think of a boat as a hole in the water surrounded by
wood, then the boat doesn't care whats in it, it's ballast. >>
You know - all I was trying to do was suggest that the 500 lbs of extra
ballast could, possibly, be layered between plywood instead of mounted on the
bottom!:-) Steve
claude_the_sailor@...writes:
<< O K, folks, if we think of a boat as a hole in the water surrounded by
wood, then the boat doesn't care whats in it, it's ballast. >>
You know - all I was trying to do was suggest that the 500 lbs of extra
ballast could, possibly, be layered between plywood instead of mounted on the
bottom!:-) Steve
O K, folks, if we think of a boat as a hole in the water surrounded by
wood, then the boat doesn't care whats in it, it's ballast. the
bouyancy of the wood doesn't come into play until the boat sinks. Or
do I need more coffee this morning to get my brain into gear?
Next, the CG. Anything laying in/on the bottom of the boat will
affect the CG.
Claude
Sitting here watching the deer, turkeys and grouse, thinking of spring
and sailing, up in the tip of the mitt, on the banks of the Beautiful
Thunder Bay River.
wood, then the boat doesn't care whats in it, it's ballast. the
bouyancy of the wood doesn't come into play until the boat sinks. Or
do I need more coffee this morning to get my brain into gear?
Next, the CG. Anything laying in/on the bottom of the boat will
affect the CG.
Claude
Sitting here watching the deer, turkeys and grouse, thinking of spring
and sailing, up in the tip of the mitt, on the banks of the Beautiful
Thunder Bay River.