Bayesian Primer: Five Watertight Bulkheads

'Unless Routinely Kept Shut, They Don't Exist'

By TAD ROBERTS, N.A.

There are at least five watertight bulkheads in Bayesian (marked in red on the drawing), three of which have doors in them. Unless those doors are routinely kept shut, those watertight bulkheads don't exist.

Note that the bow and stern compartments are far smaller than the midship compartments. That is because the British Maritime an…