Re: Six tugboats can tow a 30km iceberg

GravityPhysics@xxxxxxxxx (tj Frazir) wrote in message news:<5625-425075C7-148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>...
> Wind resistence on a bulker sucks.
> On a windy day itwill take six tugs to hold a containership side to the
> wind.
> What six tugs is hauling a 20 mile block of ice ????
> they might help steer it with the wind but wount go up wind with it .
> 6 tugs will be drug backwards and sink.
> as soon as it pulls the tug back let loose.

Stop the presses! tj made a useful post!

Also, wind resistance is not the only problem. Water currents are going
to decide where the berg goes. Remember that most of the thing is below
the surface, and water is a lot denser. If there is any significant
ocean current, the berg is going where the ocean current goes. And
you are not going to be able to do a damn thing about it with any
existing six boats, or sixty boats.

And if the wind and the ocean are going different directions, not a
rare situation, the thing is going to bust up into smaller parts in
pretty quick order. This is because the difference will force a
water flow across the bottom of the berg, and that will both stress
the sucker and etch channels in it. So you will very shortly have
many much smaller chunks.

habishi once again demonstrates his lack of understanding.
Socks
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