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NoBozo · 01-20-2013, 07:36 PM

OK: Now that we have decided what the area of a Round Hole is..lets procede to HOW LONG it takes for a 2700# boat to sink ...with water coming in through a 1" diameter hole. (NO bilge pumps working)

"A Floating Object Displaces An Amount Of Water Equal To It's Own Weight". I read that somewhere as absolute. ...Some kind of LAW of physics..

SO: As this 2700# boat is taking on water..I suggest that once 2700# of water has been "injested"..the boat is SUNK. Since it is NO longer Displacing the water..What say you...??

NB

EDIT: Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon..So 2700 pounds equates to 337.5 gallons. We only have to "Injest" 337.5 gallons of water to SINK the boat.

EDIT 2: Don't forget the PLUG.

01-20-2013, 07:36 PM	#40
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	OK: Now that we have decided what the area of a Round Hole is..lets procede to HOW LONG it takes for a 2700# boat to sink ...with water coming in through a 1" diameter hole. (NO bilge pumps working) "A Floating* Object Displaces An Amount Of Water Equal To It's Own Weight".* I read that somewhere as absolute. ...Some kind of LAW of physics.. SO: As this 2700# boat is taking on water..I suggest that once 2700# of water has been "injested"..the boat is SUNK. Since it is NO longer Displacing the water..What say you...?? NB EDIT: Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon..So 2700 pounds equates to 337.5 gallons. We only have to "Injest" 337.5 gallons of water to SINK the boat. EDIT 2: Don't forget the PLUG.