While slugging away at my computer drawing blueprints for my own rendition of Jules Verne's NAUTILUS some worries about the design came to mind...
Verne has the N's waterline only 0.8 meters below the top of the hull. And the pilothouse is only about a meter or so above the hull.
Wouldn't this be two low?
In average seas wouldn't the deck and/or platform be continually washed by the waves?
And wouldn't the pilot be seeing mostly wavecrests and breaking waves at his forward facing windows?
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This won't stop me in my plan. But it would be interesting to know.
-Leelan
Verne has the N's waterline only 0.8 meters below the top of the hull. And the pilothouse is only about a meter or so above the hull.
Wouldn't this be two low?
In average seas wouldn't the deck and/or platform be continually washed by the waves?
And wouldn't the pilot be seeing mostly wavecrests and breaking waves at his forward facing windows?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This won't stop me in my plan. But it would be interesting to know.
-Leelan
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