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Old 09-21-2012, 05:35 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by markpierce View Post
Come to think of it, overhang is fairly common. Like the Coot, the 60-foot, diesel-electric Keliautojas has a generous overhang.

Perhaps I missed the point, but I believe he was referring to the overhang below the pilot house windows, which would absorb much of the energy of a deck sweeping wave hitting the pilot house. The eyebrow above the windows is certainly common, if not universal.
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