How do “Moon Pools” work? How can a ship have a big hole in it yet not sink?

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How do “Moon Pools” work? How can a ship have a big hole in it yet not sink?

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Well imagine you take two boats next to each other. Both swim right?

Now you weld them together with two long sticks. Still swim right?

Then you place a platform on those sticks with a hole in the middle, and build a roof above them. Moonpool finished.

[Here is a drawing](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonpool#/media/Datei%3AWaterline_moon_pool.png)

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