http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...irst-sail.html

This reminds me of the famous "Chinese boat launch"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoAOXf8RIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayKOlLhlQsc

"Ignoramus27736" wrote in
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http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...irst-sail.html


Maybe it was designed to satisfy a politician's demands, like this
one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

"Jacobsson stated that he built the ship as directed by Henrik
Hybertsson (long since dead and buried), who in turn had followed the
instructions of the king."

In article , Jim Wilkins
wrote:

"Ignoramus27736" wrote in
message ...

http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...irst-sail.html


Maybe it was designed to satisfy a politician's demands, like this
one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

"Jacobsson stated that he built the ship as directed by Henrik
Hybertsson (long since dead and buried), who in turn had followed the
instructions of the king."

Yes. Nobody was held responsible, most likely because the King
realized that he was the responsible one.

I've been to the Vasa Museum in Stockholm. The thing is immense.

The short answer is too many cannons above, too little ballast below.

...http://www.vasamuseet.se/en/

Joe Gwinn

On 5/25/2014 11:23 AM, Ignoramus27736 wrote:

http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...irst-sail.html

This reminds me of the famous "Chinese boat launch"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoAOXf8RIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayKOlLhlQsc


Looks like it was launched before engines installed.

Steve

On 2014-05-25, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Ignoramus27736" wrote in
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http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...irst-sail.html


Maybe it was designed to satisfy a politician's demands, like this
one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

"Jacobsson stated that he built the ship as directed by Henrik
Hybertsson (long since dead and buried), who in turn had followed the
instructions of the king."

Maybe it was built just to stimulate the economy?

i

On Sun, 25 May 2014 13:23:50 -0500, Ignoramus27736
wrote:


http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...irst-sail.html

This reminds me of the famous "Chinese boat launch"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoAOXf8RIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayKOlLhlQsc

Technically the boat didn't capsize before its "first sail" since it
wasn't a sail boat :-)

(it capsized before its first voyage)
--
Cheers,

John B.
(invalid to gmail)

On Sun, 25 May 2014 13:23:50 -0500, Ignoramus27736 wrote:

http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...-before-first-
sail.html

This reminds me of the famous "Chinese boat launch"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoAOXf8RIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayKOlLhlQsc

This seems like a pretty basic thing to get wrong. Someone wasn't
thinking!!

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com

On Mon, 26 May 2014 12:30:44 -0500, Tim Wescott
wrote:

On Sun, 25 May 2014 13:23:50 -0500, Ignoramus27736 wrote:

http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...-before-first-
sail.html

This reminds me of the famous "Chinese boat launch"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoAOXf8RIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayKOlLhlQsc

This seems like a pretty basic thing to get wrong. Someone wasn't
thinking!!

It was a pesky decimal point, no doubt, in figuring ballast.
Either that or the pipe of opium for lunch that day...

Additional superstructure weight: 10000.00 metric tonnes
written as 1000.000 metric tonnes. Oops!

--
....in order that a man may be happy, it is
necessary that he should not only be capable
of his work, but a good judge of his work.
-- John Ruskin

On 5/25/2014 7:02 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 25 May 2014 13:23:50 -0500, Ignoramus27736
wrote:


http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...irst-sail.html

This reminds me of the famous "Chinese boat launch"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoAOXf8RIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayKOlLhlQsc

Technically the boat didn't capsize before its "first sail" since it
wasn't a sail boat :-)

(it capsized before its first voyage)
--
Cheers,

John B.

Technically, it did not capsize. It listed. Capsize means that the
keel comes up to be the highest point on the boat. It "flips."

Steve

On Mon, 26 May 2014 20:33:29 -0700, SteveB wrote:

On 5/25/2014 7:02 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 25 May 2014 13:23:50 -0500, Ignoramus27736
wrote:


http://www.newser.com/story/187195/1...irst-sail.html

This reminds me of the famous "Chinese boat launch"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoAOXf8RIo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayKOlLhlQsc

Technically the boat didn't capsize before its "first sail" since it
wasn't a sail boat :-)

(it capsized before its first voyage)
--
Cheers,

John B.

Technically, it did not capsize. It listed. Capsize means that the
keel comes up to be the highest point on the boat. It "flips."

Steve

The Wikki says "Capsizing (or keeling over) is when a boat or ship is
turned on its side or it is upside down." :-)
--
Cheers,

John B.
(invalid to gmail)