Things Aren't Always as They SeemWhen you see the Vasa today, your first impression is "No way!" The boat looks tall, narrow, and top-heavy. However, it turns out that boats of that epoch were all of this design, and most of them were stable. Calculations conducted today on the resurrected ship show that the numbers were off, but not by as much as you might think; the center of stability is only several inches too high. This is actually a surprising result.[3]
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