Comments by "Alex" (@Alex-cw3rz) on "The Drydock - Episode 285" video.

  1. 49:24 I think you also have to keep in mind after they've finished securing the mizzen mast, the carpenters would have spair bits of wood around that cannot be used for fixing the ship. And after they've finished that, it has to have all the rope reattached etc. Something they will not do giving them time to do whatever and why not knock up a new face for the figurehead.
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  2. 16:16 this is why why the forth rail bridge looks so cool and beefy and the forth road bridge so slender and boring. If you can't be sure of the tolerances you just make it 3 times stronger than your calculations dictate. Alao why The HMS Victoria is stuck in the ground upright to this day, with relatively little decay, compared to a ship even a few decades later like the Titanic.
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