Talk:Tumblehome

normal
The first part of the article is correct except for the bit about tumblehome being normal : it is in fact relatively uncommon in large vessels. The second bit about modern warship design is off the mark. Modern warships have sloped sides to reduce the amount of radar energy that will be returned from distant radar sources. (see: RCS or Radar Cross Section) The tumblehome actually reduces both the intact and damaged stability of these vessels as the waterplane is smaller than if there were no tumblehome.

I recommend removing that text. Jmvolc 12:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Nonsense Sentence
"Partly the tumblehome design, allows but a small amount is normal [...]" I am not a native speaker, but this passage does not sound like a grammatically correct sentence to me. What did the author want to say? 138.232.1.229 14:38, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * That sentence is horrible! I've tried to clean it up... But who really knows what I means. --Falcorian (talk) 15:47, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

not just military
This isn't just military; Norwegian ship designers Ulstein are doing some very intersting things with what they call x-bow another example —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.159.198.163 (talk) 05:22, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

USS Merimac
Is the CSS Virginia also considered tumblehome? If so, it should be listed as an example in the article. 76.66.197.30 (talk) 14:49, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Etymology?
The origin of the word is not obvious, so I wonder if something might be added on that subject. The OED ("tumble, v.") doesn't really illuminate, though one historical quotation is suggestive: "1848 T. WHITE Ship Build. 39 The upper works usually incline towards the middle line, or as it is termed ‘tumble home’." JKeck (talk) 21:03, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps as it is hard to board and alight these ships at a quay, you will Tumblehome down the side. B137 (talk) 04:01, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

"Tumble home" versus "tumblehome"
An insistent reference has two experts stating that the term is two words: "tumble home", not one: "tumblehome". They in turn quote the same usage in the Admiralty Manual of Seamanship (1937) (pg 436 in my 1941 reprint edition). The two-word form is in Jane's Dictionary of Naval Terms Volume 2 of the excavation report of the Mary Rose has the "tumble home" in its glossary. So that's two experts in one ref, plus 3 more equals 5.

Against this I can only find three usages of the single word "tumblehome". One is the widely used glossary in Steffy. Another is Prof Jonathan Adams' A Maritime Archaeology of Ships and The language of sailing.

Clearly this is not an exhaustive study, but mention of the two versions of the term should be in the article at the very least. Any comments on the frequency of the two usages would be welcome. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 21:13, 5 March 2024 (UTC)