On Mar 6, 1:24�pm, David Scheidt wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:

:On Mar 6, 9:39?am, Harry Krause wrote:

:
:http://img409.imageshack.us/my.php?i...43e174duw8.jpg
:
: "See, as you push the water deeper under water it get's less dense and
: becomes buoyant. Fortunately, water is still heavier than air, otherwise
: all the buoyant water from the bottom of the ocean would float right up
: out of the water instead of sinking in the air."- Hide quoted text -
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: - Show quoted text -

:Well there you go, Harry. As I recall, you often criticize boats for
:lack of flotation. Perhaps you posted that link to suggest that
:MacGregors are "unsinkable"?

:Even if the photo is legit, it certainly doesn't qualify as a
:collector's item. There are thousands of photos in circulation showing
:virtually every sort of popularly sold boat in distress. I got a good
:shot one day of a Hatteras on fire, but I don't use that as a basis to
ronounce all Hatteras (Hatteri?) "fire traps".

It's a real photo. *It's a factory photo; they drilled a hole in the
bottom. *It's on their website:

http://www.macgregor26.com/safety/safety.htm

Well, that at least explains the reason the all of the folks aboard
seem so unconcerned about their predicament. And it certainly does an
excelllent job of illustrating positive flotation. I'm sure that's
what Harry was trying to communicate when he linked that photo, "It
takes a heck of a lot to sink a MacGregor!" :-)