[Ed. Note: I’ve seen zero credible evidence that this collapse was anything other than an accident, but Mr. Denninger wants you to believe that you’re an idiot just for questioning official narratives in the year 2024. To that I say, go ahead and believe everything the government says, and good luck to you.]
by Karl Denninger
Market-Ticker.org
This deserves a bit more because frankly, I’m getting tired of the nuts.
Indeed this might get added to my FAQ here (go see the section on “Troofers” for what happens if you run that garbage on my forum, whether in the comment section or otherwise) because it is getting about that stupid.
Let’s talk a bit about boat handling, especially single-screw vessels. Most props (unless you have twins) are what are called “right hand” screws. When going ahead the torque effect and the rotation of the water column coming off the screw tend to move the stern of the ship to starboard, and since the vessel only has applied moment (force) at the stern this means if the stern goes starboard the bow goes to port. Each vessel has an “effective” pivot center; exactly where it is varies, but it is not in the center of the vessel length-wise. With an outboard it is often at or right near the transom, which can make close-quarter handling quite a mess in snotty conditions at low speed. Gigabite, which was a Hatteras 45′ Sportfish, pivoted at around her engine locations, which was roughly 10-15′ or so from the transom (she had twin Detroit diesels.)