Ships

Carruthers · 11-07-2016, 03:26 AM

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Big sisters

The world’s three largest cruise ships have sailed together for the first time off Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas, Allure of the Seas and the new Harmony of the Seas came together to celebrate the arrival of the last at her permanent base of Port Everglades.
Each vessel weighs more than 225,000 tons, has a park with nearly 12,000 plants and trees as well as an 82ft zip wire and an outdoor “aqua theatre”.

I'm not comfortable with the statement that 'each vessel weighs more than 225,000 tons'. 'Weighs'?. Do they mean 'displaces'?

I'll ask Dad a bit later. He's an old sea dog and I've been barked at once this morning already. I think I'll let sleeping sea dogs lie.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-07-2016, 06:36 AM

According to Archimedes it's the same thing.

Carruthers · 11-07-2016, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

According to Archimedes it's the same thing.

You make a good point, sir!

I think I queried it because every time mention of a ship's 'weight' is made on TV, aged Dad yells 'DISPLACEMENT'!

I must have absorbed that attitude by osmosis.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-30-2016, 10:44 AM

Nicea da boat...

Griff · 12-01-2016, 06:39 AM

word.

That's a pretty good size ~~wooden~~sail boat considering how freaking enormous the carrier is.

http://www.sailtraining.org/memberve...ssel.php?@=218

steel hull

xoxoxoBruce · 12-02-2016, 05:23 AM

Hey, there's my Dad...

11-07-2016, 06:36 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	According to Archimedes it's the same thing. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-30-2016, 10:44 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Nicea da boat... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-01-2016, 06:39 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	word. That's a pretty good size ~~wooden~~sail boat considering how freaking enormous the carrier is. http://www.sailtraining.org/memberve...ssel.php?@=218 steel hull __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 12-01-2016 at 06:45 AM.

12-02-2016, 05:23 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hey, there's my Dad... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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