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Old 12-02-2013, 12:09 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by niky View Post
It's more that the suction effect pulls the ships closer together. And not just ship to ship. Ship to shore, ship to channel bottom, etcetera... whenever there's a narrow channel between the ship and another body, the suction effect pulls the ship closer to said body.
Fascinating, I now wonder if a hull could be be shaped and designed to be replant or at least mitigate the suction forces.

I do know that boats/ships are more buoyant in shall water verses deep water. In fact it's pretty much a mystery why very deep water is less buoyant.

This suction thing must be something which happens at very close proximity.
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