HOW DO YOU WEIGH A SHIP?

For most things, you can use a set of scales to weigh them. With a ship, things are slightly different.

In this video we explore how sailors determine exactly how much their ship weighs and how you can work it out yourself.

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[thealleys]

I have no practical purpose for knowing this information... not one... but damn that was interesting.

[lifethrownoutofthewindow]

I literally will never use this information in my entire lifetime but man did i spent my 5 minutes well.

[femanvate]

I'm adding plimsoll marks to the mother-in-laws pool: finally gonna figure something out

[TGears]

I’m so glad the principles I’ve learned as an engineer can help me predict the answer to questions like this before watching the video. It’s so great to know that not only was I taught well, but there are genius creators like you on YouTube here to make the “hard” stuff accessible for us all

[ViperGTS]

this channel will have a lot more subs in the future, thanks for the high quality explanation

[Naturenerd]

Fascinating. Genius to paint the numbers on the ship to see how much lower the ship is telling you the weight. It's such a simple brilliant solution.

[bagdok]

Nobody:
Youtube:
Hey, wanna know how to weigh a ship?

I'm not complaining tho.

[mustafanizambijunizam]

Absolutely wonderful, I had never given a thought as to how the weight of the cargo is measured. Now, I got a clear idea.

[XarryKlynn]

I am a custom broker from Greece, and your videos make me learn so much that I didn't concern when I do my job. Thanks subscribe

[StormP]

Never thougt of that and the first thing i thought by weighing a ship was 'Well, you put it in a dock and measure the displacement'. But when you said you measure it all the time, i was a little bit sceptical about my solution. The answer was so simple, thanks for the great video!

[ApfelmannYT]

You definitely deserve a lot more subs and views, great video!

[MrFinesse]

Not sure why this was in my recomendations.. But, i feel ALOT smarter than the average person now that i have a fact.. That most people dont know

[lenpowell]

Maths and physics are beautiful sciences, s .Without them we would in fact be lost at sea ( terrible pun!) Cheers and good content. Len.

[jowsey]

I will absolutely never ever need this information ever, not at any single point in my life... But I still feel like this is crucial info I need to know

[skitzmisfits]

I'm a marine mechanical engineering student and I've honestly learned more from you than I have for the past 3 years in college lol, terrible innit

[sayethwe]

as someone who wishes to be a naval engineer, I'm sad I didn't find this channel earlier.

[cjz]

I'll keep this in mind for the next time I weigh a ship

[LogikalMindset]

I've worked on ships for over 10 years and I still learn something new every time I watch one of your videos! Keep up the good work and good content!

[simonderweduwen]

I have watched ur videos before and I was like everyone in the comment section. But now I am actually studying maritime officer and I am actually learning all about this and ur videos really helpen me get a headstart. Ur videos also helped me see this is the job I wanna do, so thx for that.

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