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   ocr: Loading and overloading Your task is to overload the pirates' boat with balls in order to sink it. The boat will no longer float because the weight of the balls in the boat gives it a greater density than the surrounding water. A hundred and fifty years ago, many normally safe ships sank because their owners overfilled them with cargo. That's why a man called Samuel Plimsoll invented a simple system to tell sailors when a ship was too heavy. PLIMSOLL LINE 0000 MIA DD - The Plimsoll Line on the side ofa ship Ships now have Plimsoll lines on their sides to show how far they can be safely filled. ...