In a recent interview, Kate Winslet has agreed that
there was room on the door for Jack. A
WaPo article discusses the issue and the Mythbusters investigation of the buoyancy of the plank.
Words for the day ("lagan" was new for me):
- Flotsam is floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo.
- Jetsam is part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is
purposely cast overboard or jettisoned to lighten the load in time of
distress and is washed ashore.
- Lagan (also called ligan) is goods or wreckage that is lying on the bottom of the ocean, sometimes marked by a buoy, which can be reclaimed.
Wasn't the issue that it wasn't buoyant enough to keep the weight of two people above water?
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