Talk:Tumblehome

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The first part of the article is correct except for the bit about tumblehome being normal : it is in fact relatively uncommon in large vessels. The second bit about modern warship design is off the mark. Modern warships have sloped sides to reduce the amount of radar energy that will be returned from distant radar sources. (see: RCS or Radar Cross Section) The tumblehome actually reduces both the intact and damaged stability of these vessels as the waterplane is smaller than if there were no tumblehome.

I recommend removing that text. Jmvolc 12:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nonsense Sentence

"Partly the tumblehome design, allows but a small amount is normal [...]" I am not a native speaker, but this passage does not sound like a grammatically correct sentence to me. What did the author want to say? 138.232.1.229 14:38, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

That sentence is horrible! I've tried to clean it up... But who really knows what I means. --Falcorian ^(talk) 15:47, 3 May 2007 (UTC)