Sentence examples for draft depth from inspiring English sources

The problem of dry-docking is aggravated by the tendency of ships to grow in size by increases in beam (width) and draft (depth below waterline) rather than in length, a process that rapidly renders many of the world's largest dry docks useless for servicing an increasing proportion of the traffic.

These boats have a shallow draft (depth into the water) and produce a very small wake.

"You can't draft for depth anymore," Giants General Manager Ernie Accorsi said.

The Giants could also look to the April 15-16 college draft for depth at defensive end.

By measuring its draft, or depth in the water, dockworkers determined that it held 443 tons of steel.

The effects of wave period, chamber draft, water depth and arrangement of chambers on the power extraction were examined.

Free to draft for depth Friday, the Jets added the 6-foot-4, 332-pound Vlad Ducasse, a relatively unknown offensive lineman, originally from Haiti.

Depending on the size of the ship, every inch of lost draft -- the depth to which a ship descends -- means 50 to 270 tons less cargo.

Baseball America, which analyzes the draft in depth, has speculated that the Yankees will take a catcher with their first pick -- either TONY RICHIE, from Bishop Kenny High School in Jacksonville, Fla., or California's MIKE TONIS.

Its connotations in actual use were variable: depending on a steamboat's draft (the depth of water required for it to float) and on whether the steamboat was moving into or out of deeper water, two fathoms could represent either safe passage or hazardous shallows.

They remain a rough draft, lacking depth and Test experience and denied by politics and pound signs at least two of their best players.