On 30 Jun 2004 at 0:30, Matt Broze wrote: > Personally, I'd agree with your last sentence, but most ship hulls are > designed so that their keel is level when at rest because this is the > most efficient trim for them. Efficiency spells big dollar savings to > a ship owner given the high price of fuel. Actually, big ships are not level when sitting still. The thrust from the props changes the trim, so they are designed and loaded to be out of trim when at rest and the thrust brings them to trim when under way. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 30 2004 - 07:31:36 PDT
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