Friday, February 29, 2008

Ship Full of Mazdas Tips Over


Photo from source, Wired

I've always wondered how those things stay upright anyway. Yeah, yeah, it was in 2006, but it's new to me. How 'bout you?

[Excerpt]

High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace

In the crew's quarters below the bridge, Saw "Lucky" Kyin, the ship's 41-year-old Burmese steward, rinses off in the common shower. The ship rolls underneath his feet. He's been at sea for long stretches of the past six years. In his experience, when a ship rolls to one side, it generally rolls right back the other way.

This time it doesn't. . .

Read more (with video) at: Wired

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