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Anyone See Bollinger's New Space Boat? It was Happy to See Me…
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:08 pm
For you pervs like me that thought it was a penis, it is called a bulbous bow.
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A bulbous bow is a streamlined flaring or protruding bulb at the bow (or front) of a ship just below the waterline. The flare or bulb modifies the way the water flows around the hull, reducing drag and thus increasing speed, range, fuel efficiency, and stability. Large ships with bulbous bows generally have twelve to fifteen percent better fuel efficiency than similar vessels without them.
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Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:09 pm to Tarps99
Apparently a high school kid figured out that bow design
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:10 pm to Tarps99
Red Rocket
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:13 pm to Tarps99
Is that Bollinger's New Space Boat in your pocket or you just glad to see me?
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:13 pm to Tarps99
That’s a clitoris
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:18 pm to BOHICAMAN
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That’s a clitoris
If a clitoris was on a ship, wouldn’t it be a shiporis.
Posted on 3/5/26 at 10:25 pm to Tarps99
one of my buddies is a launch commander for ula. he's wicked smaaat
Posted on 3/5/26 at 11:32 pm to Tarps99
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If a clitoris was on a ship, wouldn’t it be a shiporis.
No, but if I ever own a boat I'll name it Littoral Stimulation
Posted on 3/6/26 at 5:52 am to Tarps99
In positive displacement hulls, the length of the ship factors heavily in the max speed calculation. From google:
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In positive displacement ships, length (specifically Waterline Length, LWL) is the primary factor limiting maximum efficient speed, known as "hull speed." A longer hull creates a longer bow-to-stern wave, allowing for higher speeds before the vessel must climb its own wave
Posted on 3/6/26 at 5:59 am to Tarps99
Pops worked at shipyards his whole life after a brief stint in the Navy. He was new construction manager for 3 different boat builders along the Gulf Coast and never put a bulbous bow on a boat until the last three he built, all for Hornbeck offshore. The engineers/naval architect who designed those boats had to source the fab shop to build them because the coonasses didn’t know how to do that and the shipyard just welded them up. I think they were built in South Carolina, but that was 15 years ago.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 6:04 am to Tarps99
I bet it’s full of seamen
Posted on 3/6/26 at 6:08 am to Tarps99
Micro Punis
Posted on 3/6/26 at 6:08 am to Tarps99
Gen-xers will remember this one....
Posted on 3/6/26 at 7:03 am to Tarps99
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protruding bulb....reducing drag and thus increasing speed, range, fuel efficiency
This is why men are better at sports.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 7:06 am to Penrod
with sail boats your description is more like maximum speed. I think the ratio was around 3-1 not remembering units. But kinda like a 20 foot sailboat was limited to 8 knots, a 40 foot could do 16. and there is an upper limit to rule application
Posted on 3/6/26 at 7:13 am to RaginCajunz
quote:Winner
I bet it’s full of seamen
Posted on 3/6/26 at 8:27 am to BOHICAMAN
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That’s a clitoris
Capt can’t find it.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 8:30 am to TopWaterTiger
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Capt can’t find it.
Posted on 3/6/26 at 8:30 am to beaux duke
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one of my buddies is a launch commander for ula. he's wicked smaaat
Is his name Will?
Posted on 3/6/26 at 8:32 am to Tarps99
Boysie Bollinger is a greedy prick.
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