<![CDATA[Yesterday, we ran into a very nice couple on a black ferrocement sailboat who have been living aboard for 45 years.]]>Yesterday, we ran into a very nice couple on a black ferrocement sailboat who have been living aboard for 45 years.

45 years!!

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Yes, but people don't think to a boat as an empty shell: for the most of them it's just a bulky concrete block.

OTOH, aerated concrete¹ floats better than wood.

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoclaved_aerated_concrete

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://mastodon.cisti.org/users/GustavinoBevilacqua/statuses/116839840119580053https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://mastodon.cisti.org/users/GustavinoBevilacqua/statuses/116839840119580053Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:47:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Yesterday, we ran into a very nice couple on a black ferrocement sailboat who have been living aboard for 45 years. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:42:56 GMT]]>@GustavinoBevilacqua @neauoire Well isn't cement less dense than your typical metal?

It feels a bit weird as cement is more or less stone, but some are very lightweight.]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://queer.hacktivis.me/objects/3c6e03c3-80e2-401c-b9ed-884fda9b98ffhttps://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://queer.hacktivis.me/objects/3c6e03c3-80e2-401c-b9ed-884fda9b98ffTue, 30 Jun 2026 15:42:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Yesterday, we ran into a very nice couple on a black ferrocement sailboat who have been living aboard for 45 years. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:37:36 GMT]]>@lanodan @neauoire

People think cement is too heavy to float… probably they are used to styrene steel.

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