Topic: cruise ship went to falmouth (Read 1242 times)

regiment · « **on:** September 14, 2012, 08:34:14 am »

went to falmouth tuesday a large cruise ship was at anchor question how much of the ship is under water seems top heavy to me

Capt Jack · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2012, 08:44:16 am »

Depends on size of the cruise ship but about 8metes draft. Most of the cruise ship use light weight materials topside.

NFMike · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2012, 11:16:11 am »

went to falmouth tuesday a large cruise ship was at anchor question how much of the ship is under water seems top heavy to me

Yes, they always look wrong to me too. They are built like double decker buses :)

Neil · « **Reply #3 on:** September 14, 2012, 11:26:28 am »

Most of the cruise ship use light weight materials topside.

Yeh, yeh.............but how much does all the booze in bottles weigh that they carry.........champagne bottles are very thick and weigh a ton

Rottweiler · « **Reply #4 on:** September 14, 2012, 12:14:49 pm »

It cant have too much draught...thats why the harbour needs to be dredged!
Mick F