[LRflex] Tilting Queen of Nanaimo
- From: H&E Cummer <cummer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:45:41 -0700
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Tilting Queen of Nanaimo
From: "W.B. Abbott" <captbilly3@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:00:46 -0700
Howard,
Your nice photo of a ferry heeled over, presumably in a tight turn, caught it
in the act of too much rudder and/or too little metacentric height (see Naval
Architecture 101) causing excessive heel.
It reminds me of my days driving an aircraft carrier, in which one of the big
no-no's was using so much rudder and/or engines to change course that the
flight deck heeled over too much, which presented serious and dangerous
problems to the flight deck crews who were carrying out refueling, rearming,
repositioning, etc. of large aircraft, not to say the prospect of an aircraft
sliding across the deck and over the side.
That could ruin your whole day!
Hope too many cars didn't slide into one another on the ferry.
Bill
Hi Bill,
Yes it is interesting, isn't it, how much of the ferry is above the water and
how little is below? Certainly looks top heavy to me and would not be too
stable in heavy seas either.
Thanks for looking and commenting.
Cheers
Howard
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