How to put a Sailing Boat in a Bottle
May 08, 2014
An «imbossible bottle», is a bottle with an object inside that does not appear to fit into the bottle. It is kind of a puzzle. The object is very often a ship. So how does the ship get into the bottle?
One of the easiest way is: to rig the mast of the ship and raise it when it is inside the bottle.
- Build the hull of the ship
- Build masts, spares and sails seperately
- Attach them to the hull with strings and hinges so the masts can lie flat agains the deck
- Place the ship inside the bottle
- Pull the masts up using the strings attached to the masts
The hull of the ship obviously must be able to fit the opening of the bottle.
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A Video on YouTube which shows it quite nicely: How to put put a ship in a bottle