[modeleng] Re: **SPAM: OT Big Sea Crane/ Not steam at all !

Hi Dave and All,

Working at 10 pounds per Gallon in old money it must still work out at a lot 
of water. Somewhere over 3 million gallons by my rough reckoning plus the 
original displacement of the boat.

Clif

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Everett" <deverett2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 5:46 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: **SPAM: OT Big Sea Crane/ Not steam at all !


> --- Clif Walker wrote:
>
> Interestingly acording to that old
>> chap Archimedes, in order to lift 14,000 Tons the ship must displace that
>> amount of water as it lifts.
>>
>
> Archimedes Principle is the basis of all ship stability calculations and 
> is performed daily on all
> floating drilling rigs and before major lifts on offshore construction 
> barges - as well as on
> other vessels before/after loading.
>
> Not so long ago it used to be done longhand/manually, but these days the 
> process is computerised,
> but then what calculations aren't?!
>
> Dave
> Saudi-Arabia-On-Sea
> Serving Master Mariner in the offshore oil industry
>
>
>
>
>
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