"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:30:38 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

There's a lot of hull below that water line - it may be flat bottomed,
but most "ships" are really - not built for speed, but endurance and
long range efficiency.

Container ships are built for speed. Tankers are not.

Casady
Aircraft carriers and gator freighters have flat bottoms. Acres and acres
and acres of flat bottom. Makes it a bitch to find a particular spot on the
hull and in murky water with the light diffussed it's easy to get
disoriented.