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If we all set sail at the same time.
How much would out combined weight raise the sea level ?
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well, if we each had monster huge boats the size of alaska AND we dry-berthed them, then a simulataneous launch might raise the sea level a fair bit. But seeing as most boats herebaout are in the water already - not at all

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Unless you live on your boat all the time, at some point you've got to step from dry land onto the boat, so you would raise it a bit. A very, very small bit.

In fact, if the worlds population all stepped onto boats at the same time, the water level would raise by 2.5 thousanths of a millimeter.

(assuming everyone weighed 60kg)

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60kg? I am not coming on your boat then - it seems either it wouldnt take either mine or SWMBOs extra tonnage, or we wouldnt get fed properly whilst on board!

Jim & Lynn, who carry round one whole extra person between them since they first met 30 years ago.

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And then as the water level rose up the hull, so it would displace a little more and that would make the water level rise, so displacing more water and making......
I mean to say- if I put a lolly stick in a glass of water it could drown us all.
TRhis could be the true reason why tides go up. The ebb must just be a hallucination.
ask a daft question....

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