How does a boat the size of a small city float?
In: Engineering
Despite how heavy steel (or fiberglsss, aluminum or even cement) you also count the empty space inside the ship as part of the volume.
For example you could measure the dimensions of your boat in cubes, then divide it by the weight. This gets you the density of your boat, we’ll use pounds per cubic foot.
Seawater is 64 lbs/ft^3
If you boat is less than that, Despite outer dimentions, it should float
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