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To: C19fan

How stable are these ships? I look at their elevated superstructure and wonder.


5 posted on 03/08/2017 11:41:48 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

The one I was on was nuts.

Lots of kids.


7 posted on 03/08/2017 11:45:21 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
"How stable are these ships? I look at their elevated superstructure and wonder."

I wonder as well ... another Eastland disaster in the making?

13 posted on 03/08/2017 11:50:12 AM PST by BlueLancer (Ex Scientia Tridens)
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They aren’t stable without augmentation devices. Look up some naval architect articles about them. Super top heavy, very low draft. They violate all kinds of historical rules.


15 posted on 03/08/2017 11:50:50 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

How stable are these ships? I look at their elevated superstructure and wonder.


They really appear to defy logic. And gravity.


50 posted on 03/08/2017 12:25:43 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
How stable are these ships? I look at their elevated superstructure and wonder.

More stable than Guam.

78 posted on 03/08/2017 3:14:26 PM PST by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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