Timeline for Why do ships lean to the outside, but boats lean to the inside of a turn?
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| Jul 31, 2014 at 18:19 | comment | added | Floris | This answers the question best - the ratio of engine thrust vs momentum is much greater for the small boat, so the thrust matters more (and with the thrust below the center of lateral resistance, it makes the boat lean in). For the larger boat, the inertia is greater, and it leans out. Put differently: for the large ship you could turn off the engine and still make the turn; on the small boat - not so. | |
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| Jul 31, 2014 at 15:46 | history | answered | Doug | CC BY-SA 3.0 |