The investigation into the a recent capsizing of a Baltimore water taxi has produced some intersting results. Turns out the boat was carrying some 700 pounds of excess weight. But according to the report, “it was not the number of passengers that caused the extra weight, but their girth. The Coast Guard uses a 1960’s estimate of average passenger weight: 140 pounds a person. The 25 passengers on the Lady D averaged 168.4 pounds.”
-From the Washington Post
December 23, 2004
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