jimbaerselman
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Is this the point of the discussion where we introduce salinity and varying salinity with depth and . . . /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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fisherman
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Marvellous. At last I understand. When I'm at sea my boat is floating in the water that is there, but in a lock it is kept afloat by the water that isn't there. Simple.
richardabeattie
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Fisherman, that's great and the same as my reaction to the idea that mystical water that might be elsewhere, feels frustrated at being displaced and exercises force at a distance by quatum tunnelling to keep the boat afloat in the dock.
My question was not a joke, I was really baffled by the issue and I have now read an enormous number of answers to it. Discarding the those that ignored the question I don't think I am any closer to a clear answer. I just cannot believe that a big ship can float in a tight dock in just a cupfull of water. But I repeat that I took two slighlty different sized porridge bowls (from two passing bears) and found that I could float the smaller one weighing 12 oz in the larger one using only 4 oz of water.
My question was not a joke, I was really baffled by the issue and I have now read an enormous number of answers to it. Discarding the those that ignored the question I don't think I am any closer to a clear answer. I just cannot believe that a big ship can float in a tight dock in just a cupfull of water. But I repeat that I took two slighlty different sized porridge bowls (from two passing bears) and found that I could float the smaller one weighing 12 oz in the larger one using only 4 oz of water.
fisherman
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A tip. put two plastic bowls, one floating in the other, in the freezer. add a few interesting rose petals etc to the water first. Remove bowls from ice and you have a lovely ice bowl to serve a cool summer dessert in. And it won't need washing up.
