BTW Joe comparing your boat to Oriole is like comparing my
boat to the Queen Mary. Totally different scale.

My boat is almost 50% the size of Oriole . The Queen mary 19 time the
length of your trawler.
Your boat displaces 46 tons?

nautical triva bonus: Under the right condition you can pull the queen
mary with 8 pound test fishing line!
Only 8lbs resistance? Sure.

Joe


DSK

right around 35 tons empty. + 350 gals fuel + 175 gallons water+ 75
gallons waste

That's what I heard about the Queen Mary.

We have a show in the USA called Myth Buster.. Ill submit the question
and see if they can prove it.
I beleive it, Ive pushed a 600+ ton boat myself and made it move. 100
tons is a breeze.

Joe

Joe wrote:
right around 35 tons empty. + 350 gals fuel + 175 gallons water+ 75
gallons waste

That's what I heard about the Queen Mary.


No, I think the Queen Mary masses a little more than that

We have a show in the USA called Myth Buster.. Ill submit the question
and see if they can prove it.
I beleive it, Ive pushed a 600+ ton boat myself and made it move. 100
tons is a breeze.


In the absence of any wind or water currents, the only
resistance is inertia. In theory, you could pull a tanker
with a single strand of fine blonde hair... you'd just have
to start real slow.

OTOH little gust of wind and you're SOL.

DSK