From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Ellen K. wrote:
> So do cruise ships impose a weight limit on passengers' baggage like
> airlines do?  Or would that be insignificant?
>

Have a google for "plimsoll line".

Adam

> What makes humans float or not?   I have always wondered why if a human
> floats by simply doing nothing, how it is that a person can drown.
>
> On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 02:36:33 -0700, Tony Williams 
> wrote in message :
>
>
>>Ellen K. wrote:
>>
>>>OK, so to be serious (!) for a moment, does this mean that the way ships
>>>float is based on the relationship between the weight of the ship and
>>>the weight of the amount of water it displaces?
>>>
>>
>>That's right. A ship displaces exactly its own weight of water, and if
>>the side of the ship is still above the water line then it'll float.
>
>

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