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    Re: Lobsters and Frogs debate... —Alex Polimeni
    (...) True, True. if the seas got ugly, everything could go haywire. but, if you want to be succesful-gotta take those risks, dont you? (...) i have not forgot that, the rule about grounding. but i am not taking my ships in-well, a cutter might do, (...) (21 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
   
        Re: Lobsters and Frogs debate... —Richie Dulin
   Ahoy, I wasn't going to reply... but: (...) Freeboard is the distance from the waterline to the gunnels (or from waterline to weather deck on a ship). Vessels with little freeboard tend not to do well in rough seas. Cheers Richie Dulin (21 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
 

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