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Wave coupling. Boats are coupled to the waves (see Design-Bobbing for why). This
makes them dangerous during storms, and somewhat uncomfortable
when there are significant waves. Seasteads are mostly
uncoupled from the waves, so they don't bob or rock. This is
a nice feature for a permanent residence. Boats must be very
large to not move, and our incremental approach
dictates starting small. Also, if there are any waves, this
coupling makes it very difficult to attach multiple boats
into a large community.
Source: http://seastead.org/commented/paper/faq.html#Wave_coupling_Boats_are_coupled_to_the_waves_see_D
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[Wed May 25 05:33:21 PDT 2005-144] sam smith jones (NOSPAMsicemyouharrydogs@hotmail.com.NOSPAM):
cats have a max heel of 5 (where's the bloody degree symbol) degrees.
[Thu Mar 9 08:15:17 PST 2006-67] John (NOSPAMwohl1917@yahoo.com.NOSPAM):
Hi! I thought this up this idea of yours in the 70's after throwing a coke bottle off a bridge. It landed in the creek and came back to the surface with just enough air in it to float vertically. It made me think of a US Navy ship that I saw pictures of that could flood its aft section, settle on the bottom and stand vertically that way. I always thought it would be neat to live on a boat that way. Having conducted experiments on my own with a modification of your design I've concluded that the rocking motion would not occur due to the wide separation of centers of weight and buoyancy, and that the bobbing motion would be dampened due to the seasteads mass, BUT you would never be able to raft these things together. The same problems that you mention for boats would exist for seasteads.
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