3 ms·
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastsource422.htm https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastsource422.htm Sailors talk some complete twaddle at the best of times (I live clo
by gerdesj 4y ago
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastsource422.htm https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastsource422.htm
Sailors talk some complete twaddle at the best of times (I live close to HMS Heron) but blaming a six inch fish for delays in deployment or delivery takes some neck!
I love this resource. I'll be hunting down a beast that delays IT systems deployment. Some sort of insect is indicated ...
- hansvm 4y agoThe funny thing is small marine growths and attachments do actually have a massive impact on ship speed and efficiency.
- gerdesj 4y agoThat'll be barnacles and lack of maint. Seawater is a fluid with a mass of more than 1 Kg per 10cm^3. I have customers that worry about hull shapes etc. Increase the coeff. of friction a small amount has a massive effect. Can't remember exactly now but I think friction is proportional to the square of ... something. The difference here is that these little beasties magically make a ship run slowly. I would bet real money that their invention was to cover up late delivery or whatever. Basically, an excuse that no land lubber of the time could possibly refute.