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MP4VT2004
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MP4VT2004

If I did the math correctly, the water line would be 5' closer to the...

...deck at the center of the boat than at the ends due to the curvature of the earth, assuming the deck is perfectly flat. That's kind of wild to think about.
Posted: 06/03/2026 at 08:54 AM ET
(In response to this post by Coach McGuirk)

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Sounds like the next Titanic .... what could go wrong?**
jdkhokie • 06/02/26 01:34 PM ET
Water World**
bigbadbird • 06/02/26 04:16 PM ET
How do you "continuously circumnavigate the globe" when the ship is a mile
Coach McGuirk • 06/02/26 03:51 PM ET
If I did the math correctly, the water line would be 5' closer to the... ◄
MP4VT2004 • 06/03/26 08:54 AM ET
Google says it is more like 4 inches than 5 feet
Tafkam Hokie • 06/03/26 09:58 AM ET
I probably screwed up the calculation.**
MP4VT2004 • 06/03/26 10:25 AM ET
Don't think that will fit through the Suez, and I'm certain it won't fit...
EDGEMAN • 06/02/26 04:51 PM ET
But you join The Mile Long Club once on board**
jdkhokie • 06/02/26 04:04 PM ET
It would definitely have to go the long way around South America
Tafkam Hokie • 06/02/26 03:58 PM ET
"It could take up to four years for the ship to be completed" Sure. **
Hurley09 • 06/02/26 03:34 PM ET
Ripe for a Sharknado for sure**
Brown Water • 06/02/26 03:19 PM ET
The Perfect Storm II - Flat is Splat**
MikeVT85 • 06/02/26 03:05 PM ET
Sounds like that film Elysium**
Baltimore Hokie • 06/02/26 03:00 PM ET
Speaking of big things never built: the CL-1201. Yes, those are phantoms
ColoVT82 • 06/02/26 02:38 PM ET
That's an interesting concept, but wouldn't it take a runway
Tafkam Hokie • 06/02/26 03:59 PM ET
Lockheed would have figured that out, ..**
ColoVT82 • 06/02/26 04:45 PM ET
No terrorist would be interested in attacking something like that. Never.
vt90 • 06/02/26 02:27 PM ET
Never got the big "go on a cruise" thing...
astrohokie • 06/02/26 02:22 PM ET
Yeah, not here either...
`lag • 06/02/26 06:10 PM ET
As a retired Navy guy, me either.
EDGEMAN • 06/02/26 03:31 PM ET
They could have multiple diseases at the same time...**
EDGEMAN • 06/02/26 02:01 PM ET
More like the set for the next Contagion or Outbreak movie. **
RhinoVT • 06/02/26 02:01 PM ET
Motaba!**
Brown Water • 06/02/26 03:27 PM ET