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Can A Ship Float Higher Or Lower Filled With Plastic-foam Balls?

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    Question: Are you talking about foam in between the hull(inner and outer shell) or foam balls as in a load being carried.....and how much does the load of foam balls weigh..do they exceed the bouyancy of the boat....you would need to know at least that......if they weigh anything the ship/boat would displace more water and sit lower in the water.how much it would sink/displace i could not tell you....hope this helped
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    Nomad1 

    answered 1 year ago

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