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[Scott Adams]

At 08:17 AM 10/17/02 -0400, you wrote: 

>
> || Is that just the seam of the ship the semi-ledge on the side 
> || or is that the 
> || entire 
> || side hull piece? 
>
> I'm not sure what you are asking here.  "freeboard" is simply the amount of
> hull above the waterline.  Water that goes over the freeboard will be
wasking
> into the boat, which may swamp it.


Well whenever I see the old ships they have a strip around the sides that you
can almost
walk on (though its about a few inches)...its like the seam between the lower
hull
and upper deck/hull.  I was thinking if that was the freeboard.  But i think I
gotcha.


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