Sailing Ship (UC page 185)


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The Sailing Ship description says:
"The massive sailing ship is used for ocean travel. It can carry 150 tons of cargo on top of a full crew and passenger complement. A sailing ship can carry 150 tons of cargo or 200 passengers."

Farther down in the description, it says "Crew 20".

Does a Sailing Ship get a passenger complement and if so, how many passengers make up this complement?


So, if the ship has a crew of 20 and can have a cargo of 200 people or 150 tons of cargo. Are you asking about a mix of cargo and passengers? If so, my math says that for every 3/4 ton of cargo you leave on the dock you can take 1 passenger. That sounds wrong but I imagine that's more due to the volume a passenger takes up than how much he weighs.


To me, the second sentence completely contradicts the third sentence. It is confusing.

In logic class:
A * B
A v B
(an impossibility)

Is passenger complement a typo and was added, but not intended in the description (meaning 0 extra passengers) or does passenger complement actually has physical meaning as to a number of people separate from the crew and the additional passengers that can be traded for cargo space?


I'm still not getting the problem. As I read it the ship requires a crew of 20 to operate whether it's carrying a cargo or not. It has a cargo capacity of 150 tonnes or 200 passengers. The cargo and passengers are on top of the regular crew.


2nd sentence) A Full Crew + 150 Tons of Cargo AND Passenger Complement
3rd sentence) A Full Crew + 150 Tons of Cargo OR Passenger Complement

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