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Richard Casady

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:14:41 -0000,
wrote:

On Jul 28, 11:56 am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:48:59 -0000,
wrote:

There is nothing unsinkable, period,

Maybe. Many boats will float even if full of water. Of course you can
pump in sand. That will do it. Is that what you meant? You fill most
any freighter full of lumber and it will float, maybe with decks awash
for months or years. A boxboat will take forever to sink, with some
types of cargo. Nobody ships empty barrels or do they.

Casady

Well, the Titanic comes to mind Just kidding. I was stretching his
question to fit his situation. I think by his inquiry, he was looking
for something that would support him, even if he were in weather or
another situation he should not be in, weather by choice or lack of
experience on the water. I know there are boats, ie. carolina skiff,
whaler, that you can chainsaw in half and they will still float, but
can you survive 10 foot swells on that chunk of foam?

More than likely, the s+t boat this guy builds will not be foam core.
But if he goes to one of the sites I suggested, the flotation will be
functional, and reasonable. But I don't think, unsinkable, at least as
it related to the origional poster.

Anyway, it was one line in a long post, what did you think of the rest
of my advice?

Not bad.
You can sink about anything with an overload of dense cargo,you don't
actually need to work at it. Say you are stealing sand off the public
beach and you put too much aboard. It will have little
freeboard and... maybe a wake encounter and glug. I think there are
a ****load of sink resistant designs. One should suit and you did give
the guy a place to start.

Casady