I don't think that is how the displacement measurement works. My understanding is all floating or non floating bodies have displacement. When those bodies are placed in or on the water a certain amount of water is displaced. Example, fill a bucket to the absolute brim and float a piece of wood in the bucket; some of the water spills over the rim of the bucket. The water that over flows is equal to the displacement of the wood now floating. The same is true if the object is a toothpick or an aircraft carrier; the water pushed away by the placement of the object in or on the water is the displacement. The steel aircraft carrier floats because it's hull is deeper that it's displacement.
Joe McCary Aeolus II, West River, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Bernstorf I understand the definition of displacement. The logic of that though is that if the 6000lb boat displaces 6000 lbs of water then it theoretically would be sitting with the water at the gunnels of the boat and adding another pound would push the boat under water and sink it
