[Alberg30] Sally Ship

[George Dinwiddie]

Robert Kirk wrote:
> As I recall, the period was 13 seconds which translated to the old girl 
> still having pretty good stability. The longer (slower) the period, the 
> more unstable a given ship is for its size. (Obviously, if it doesn't 
> come back up the period is infinite. But that's another problem.)

Thirteen seconds seems pretty fast for running across a destroyer deck 
and back.

> I wonder what an Alberg's period is? Much shorter, of course. Maybe at 
> the next raftup we can have a contest. The shortest period boat has the 
> least weight aloft.

I've never timed it, but that's one of my first responses when aground. 
  Running from shroud to shroud and leaning out can rock the boat enough 
to lift the keel off the bottom.  If the engine is in reverse at the 
time, you can back off.

  - George

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