In fact, there were wooden ships built over the 300' limit. They are listed
in the record books as being the heavist and longest of wooden sailing
ships. The Egytians built an even larger non-sailing, boat at 420' that
carried 4000 people. I consider it nothing more than a barge, but what was
the ark? Till and Michael concenstrated on the Great Republic which was
built to last years of high speed dashing through the ocean. Donald McKay
built high speed clipper ships. The Japneses built a platform of cardboard
that supported a truck. As I said before, "it's all in the construction. I
work with materials that are very fragile but when constructed properly, can
stand up to the stress of high speed flight. The radomes of aircraft are a
good example. The primary structure component would disintergrate in your
hands if you crushed it but tied together with the skins, it is strong
enough to withstand the high stresses of fight.
Aubrey
====================================================================
For help, send a message to errancy-request@infidels.org with the word
"help" in the subject or body of your message. To unsubscribe from
ERRANCY, send a message to errancy-request@infidels.org with the word
"unsubscribe" in the subject or body of your message.