Re: [Phys-l] SOLAR , NUCLEAR ENERGY etc.

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Reminds me of the time I decided to not unstep the mast of my sloop  
rigged row boat after its maiden "voyage" at a small boat harbor in   
LA.  They had an overhead cable in the parking lot just to remind  
people like me.  I bought a new mast when I returned to Santa  
Barbara.   The Dampfschiff on the Elbe has a hinged smoke stack to  
pass under Das Blaue Wunder.


bc  wonders if he's using PHYS-L as a blog?

p.s. My disst. advisor's boat was named "The Golden Rule" (Fermi's).   
[Back on "topic"?]



On 2009, Apr 15, , at 10:09, Brian Whatcott wrote:

> This would be a cause for concern - like sailing a navigation with  
> bridges
>  a foot or so higher than the mast - or even more interesting: a  
> navigation
> with bridges several feet LOWER than one's mast.  I saw an interesting
>  demo of how to do this: haul up big water bladders to a suitable  
> height,
> then motor in a shallow curve to roll the hull, setting the  
> bladders back
> onto the water surface, at which point a low bridge is navigable.
>
> Brian W
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