archimedes principle debunked, confusing you :)

[raaaid]

could petrol companies sponsor science?

check this out andy do you think its worth to render in a phyics simulator?

[Wolf_Rider]

the mass of the stick may be the same in both configurations... but in the vertical it transposes its mass into a smaller footprint compared to the amount transposed when in the horizontal.
stable = COG sitting just below the waterline

have a paddle at the beach.... stretch out and you float, curl up and you sink