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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2398069, member: 19463&quot;]Thanks for the link to the interesting article on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)" rel="nofollow">Vasa</a>.&nbsp; </i>It must have been the most witnessed ship sinking in history since it only lasted 1300m into its maiden voyage.&nbsp; I am a bit confused on the statement in the article that it was a great source of 17th century shipbuilding methods since typical ships of the period floated better.&nbsp; It does prove that fools and government waste are not new to modern days.&nbsp; I might point out that Roman and Viking ships sat lower in the water probably because they realized that not falling over was a good feature.&nbsp; Pre-canon ships like the one shown by Fonteius were made for ramming explaining the smiling face on the prow.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>The more common ship of the slightly earlier Fonteius lacks the personality afforded by the 3/4 view but it is still a neat type.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]493579[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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