Re: What happens if P15 gets flooded? Confusing!

Oskari Reuna (preuna@cc.hut.fi)
Sun, 03 Oct 1999 19:42:27 +0200


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Thanks a lot Harry!

I have been very confused when I have been thinking these "flotation &
drain holes"-things. They are quite simple but anyway it is easy to get
confused.

Am I right if I say it this way:
"Let's assume that I have boat. In the boat's cockpit there are big
drain holes. Let's also assume that cockpit floor is above waterline
(when there is no water in cockpit). We can also assume that cabin is
closed so we can examine only cockpit. Ok, here comes my question: What
happens if cockpit gets full of water? Let's assume also that there is
flotation materia in cockpit so boat will float about 5 inches high even
when cockpit is full of water.

I hope you get the idea!

So what happens? Do water go away though drain holes or what happens?

Please help me folks, I am confused ;-)!

Regards,
Oskari

> The drain holes will still work underwater if there is enough flotation in
> the boat. Imagine a wooden bucket with a hole in the bottom. If you
> submerge the bucket so that it is full of water, then release it, but don't
> let it tip over, it will rise up and water will escape through the hole in
> the bottom until the bucket reaches equilibrium (the point at which the
> bucket displaces its own weight of water).
>
> Harry