Next message: Bryan Genez: "Re: [world-cruising] the danger of semi submerged containers"
On 6/5/06, Rosalie B. <> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 15:28:58 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >It's basic physics, people. Either it floats or it sinks. If a
> container
> >or log happens to be exactly neutral, then it will bob up and down with
> the
> >currents, but there's not much that's exactly neutral, including the
> >"thousands of containers" that are lost overboard every year. As someone
> >already observed, they sink. If they didn't sink, they'd wash ashore,
> and
> >you've never heard of one washing ashore, have you? Be honest!
>
> Yes I have heard of one washing ashore - or actually the cargo washed
> ashore - it was tennis shoes
Tennis shoes, oil drums, and rubber duckys are not containers. The
containers containing these items all sank.
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Best,
Bryan Genez
"Capella" V40-158
New Bern, NC
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