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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Mon Jun 05 2006 - 20:36:14 EDT
On Mon, 5 Jun 2006 16:56:36 -0400, you wrote:
>On 6/5/06, Rosalie B. <> wrote:
>>
>> That's what I was trying to say. I don't think it is a really
>> significant problem for a well built boat (one like ours had the
>> throttle get stuck in the forward position and climbed a the wall of
>> the haul slip and there was a bigger chunk out of the concrete slip
>> wall than there was out of the boat), but I don't think it can be
>> dismissed out of hand as NO hazard
>
>
>Then we're in agreement! I've never said there was "NO hazard", and if
>you'll bother to read back on these threads, you'll see that.
I felt that you were saying there was no hazard when you were
disputing the idea that containers could float and that you were
grudging about allowing that anyone who had experiences from striking
submerged objects in the ocean might have struck a container. The
disagreement is a matter of degree rather than being an absolute
antithesis.
>
>What I have said, and I'll stick to, is that your boat is in greater danger
>from a lightning strike, and the possibility of sinking as a result of
>damage from a lightning strike, than you are from hitting a container and
>possibly sinking as a result of that collision.
I think you are right about there being a hazard from lightening, but
I'm not sure that one can conclude that there are more sinkings from
lightening than from striking floating objects. We can't know that
because we don't know why a lot of ships have sunk. Some of them
could be from having a bubble of gas displace the water under them.
Your analysis assigns a different weight to various possibilities than
other peoples might. And I thought you were disparaging of other
peoples analyses which might be just as valid as an assessment..
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