Thread: Cook Strait Ferry

Originally Posted by No.3

Different design requirement unfortunately, military cargo is bulky but not dense (kind of like the grunts) but that boat was designed for high density commercial cargos. What happened was the roll center or righting moment was too much and they couldn't ballast the thing enough to get it down to where it should be. The ship would roll over slowly then flick back upright - quite nasty.

as an ex grunt i could take umbrage ,but reading between the lines an ex blanket folder or corp of trucks.

Originally Posted by kotuku

as an ex grunt i could take umbrage ,but reading between the lines an ex blanket folder or corp of trucks.

Cough cough excuse you?????