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Old 02-20-2006 | 09:13 AM
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freeboard : the distance between the waterline and the main deck or weather deck of a ship or between the level of the water and the upper edge of the side of a small boat." Websters definition"

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Old 02-20-2006 | 09:18 AM
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Originally Posted by rush
freeboard : the distance between the waterline and the main deck or weather deck of a ship or between the level of the water and the upper edge of the side of a small boat." Websters definiton"
All right Webster, how about draft?
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Old 02-20-2006 | 09:21 AM
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the depth of water a ship draws especially when loaded
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Old 02-20-2006 | 09:23 AM
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the depth of water a ship draws especially when loaded
so the part of the boat that's submerged or what??
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Old 02-20-2006 | 09:25 AM
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Let's stick with our kind of boats and not ships...
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Old 02-20-2006 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Harper220
I think you're right...

That's another god term "gunnel". I haven't heard that one in a while.

So gunwale and gunnel are the same thing??
1gun·nel
Pronunciation: 'g&-n&l
variant of GUNWALE
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Old 02-20-2006 | 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 375stinger
and em..can someone give me the exact definition of the term: beakboat
Junk?? Oops just kidding, Fountain
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Old 02-21-2006 | 10:19 AM
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Here's the latest one that had me confused

"Inside"

As in inside Bayliner
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