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Re: Lobsters and Frogs debate...
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lugnet.pirates
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Thu, 3 Apr 2003 05:26:15 GMT
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Ahoy,
I wasn't going to reply... but:
In lugnet.pirates, Alex Polimeni writes:
> what is a freeboard!?
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
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| (...) 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, (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.pirates)
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