ballast

     

Ballast may mean:

Trivia about ballast

  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.) The Vasa capsized on its 1628 maiden voyage because tons of stones, used as this, didn't counterweigh the guns, masts, sails, & upper hull
  • Heavy material placed in a ship's hold
  • It's any heavy material placed in the gondola of a balloon or the hold of a ship to enhance stability

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