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

"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.

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:42:12 -0400, "mmc" wrote:


"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.

Virtually all ships have flat bottoms, tens of thousands of them, of
all types and sizes.

Casady

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:55:45 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:42:12 -0400, "mmc" wrote:


"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.

Virtually all ships have flat bottoms, tens of thousands of them, of
all types and sizes.

Don't think so. Although I'm not an expert on hull shapes, I think
the most common is called round bilge.
Don't know the actual shape of the time bandit, but from the clip I
got the impression it's not common for the crab boats.
It was made with shallow water in mind, but is used in the deep.
Not as maneuverable as other hull types.

--Vic

"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:42:12 -0400, "mmc" wrote:


"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.

Virtually all ships have flat bottoms, tens of thousands of them, of
all types and sizes.

Casady

I haven't been under all of them Casady! Ha! Mostly just Navy ships and subs
but I know what you mean. I dove the "Range Sentinal" a half dozen or so
times.
It was cool for me because she is/was a converted Liberty ship and at the
time used to track Trident launches.