I want a boat that can do this!!

[seabiscuit]

Re: I want a boat that can do this!!

Water is indeed 62.4 pounds per cubic foot. So you would have to determine the hull displacement of the tug. The total displacement must be greater than the weight of the tug and any water taken onboard for it to continue floating. Not to mention the shifting of the center of gravity (keel prevents this in sailboats). In my opinion...highly unlikely that this is real. But stranger things can happen.

 

[happy]

Re: I want a boat that can do this!!

Well as I read the " rest of the story " it appears that the pictures began to make more sense. <br /><br />The only things puzzling me are:<br /><br />a) The stack has been broken in half in the opposite direction that it would have been broken off being dragged under the bridge starboard side? <br /><br />b) Due to the swift current how did the barges that were released hang around until the tug made it to the other side?<br /><br />All of this is food for thought and I enjoy chatting with you smart people.<br /><br />**************Don't worry be happy *******<br /><br />The weather is looking nice tommorrow so I will take my boat out for a spin.

 

[TxRiverRat]

Re: I want a boat that can do this!!

Happy,<br /><br />That's a great point - I have looked at that pic of the broken stack and wondered that same thing. I pasted the picture in a viewer and did a horizontal flip, but that would make it impossible based on the placement of that pylon in the water (see previous pic).... <br /><br />You also have to wonder how someone could have stopped those barges too - I mean it took a strong tug boat to push them around in the 1st place, anyone bet is they would weigh far more than even 10 strong men could have moved.