Roger Long wrote:
.... Here's a first
draft of something I may come back to later. A discussion along the same
lines got started here quite a while ago and dissolved into the usual flame
war. I brought it up over at the high class bar where I hang out now and
another RBC refugee complained that I never finished my explanation here and
was I going to leave them hanging over there as well? It's winter and there
are only so many hours a day I can work on my boat so I whipped this up:

http://www.rogerlongboats.com/Stability.htm

Sorry, Virginia, buoyancy is imaginary.

--
Roger Long



I enjoyed that piece. You probably make too much of your
"buoyancy is imaginary" thesis, but you use the same criteria for
buoyancy as everyone else, so what harm is that?
I enjoyed the railing against the Coastguard.
That's what it is to be American, after all.
A healthy disrespect for the folks who try to keep us safe(?)

:-)

Regards

BrianW