On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:14:22 -0800, Grant Erwin
wrote:

That isn't one ship, it's *two*. They may be linked in such a way as
to provide exceptional resistance to rolling. - GWE

Are you sure about that? It looks like a ship I saw that floods the
ballast tanks to lower the deck below the waterline so that other
floating things, like ships or oil drilling platforms, can be
positioned over the deck. Then the thing pumps out the water and rises
with the cargo.
ERS

Lane wrote:

"Bob" wrote in message
oups.com...

This is one of those "can you believe this" pictures....the ship is
currently stuck off the Golden Gate, waiting for seas to die down
enough to lower the cranes' top beams, so it will fit under the bridge.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object...es0404.DTL&o=0

Can you imagine sailing that across the big ocean????

Regards,

Bob



Just think of the ballast weight that it would need in the hold to
compensate!

Lane