Ship Launching

and cannot re-erect itself, it`s considered not seaworthy and sold as scrap. The safest way is to use a drydock, but building a drydock is hugely expensive and usually not worth the investment. And most modern ships are too long to be launched headlong, because the hull would break, when the aft is still resting on the wharf, the front is lifted by the water, and the middle isn`t supported by either.

They never tip over. That's because the intelligent people who design and build them know from their design calculations that they can launch them this way.

They don't do it this way because it's fun - they do it this way because experience of centuries of ship building says it's the best way to launch a ship.

I've played this video back several times. If you do the same - play it back many times then look really closely at 1.21 you will see the ship does in fact tip over.

Really?

too far, the ship is launched with huge hawsers that tighten and hold the ship upright. Simple.

Loosing $1000 on the dogs

It must be exactly like that

Landscape and language at the first launching are Dutch. And I seem to recall the Gerarda was build, and one assumes, launched in Germany.

for launchings. These sideway launchings are more space-efficient, as many wharfs are situated along smaller rivers - as you can plainly see in the first part. Also, there is less risk of the hull breaking this way.

The hull's are very fragile, that's why they don't let these boats anywhere near the sea

a bunch of mexicans pushing it :)

they were hiding bellow the decks, stowaways, trying to leave mexico and go to any other country in the world.

you racist VVanker!

Good Explaination.

Are you still living in that underground condo with Micheal Jackson and Adolph Hitler ?

weren't you watching?

Obviously I was watching. I meant that I had never seen a launch done like that.