Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Roll-o-meter 2000 v.2.0

The shipboard inclinometer only updates once every second, so unless the ship happens to be at the top of a roll at exactly the right time, the maximum angle doesn't get recorded. Obviously, I had to make a Roll-o-meter. It updates continuously and so is obviously superior to the "fancy" electronic instruments.



(The photo is staged, I don't think I would be able to hold on to a camera and take an in-focus picture if the ship were actually in a 25° roll.)

0-10°: M.C. falls over when standing on one leg
10-20°: chairs and drinks fall over
20-30°: drawers open, science falls on the floor
(referring to our first big roll when all the unsecured maps and log books fell)
30-40°: blub blub

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