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Old 01-08-2010, 12:26 PM   #1
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incline test

Have you ever tested the righting movement on your boat.

** I was talking to a friend who suggested using a weighted string hanging on the center line of the boat taped to the overhead with a stick or yard stick laying athwartship. a couple heavy people standing on the outside rail after marking the incline then have them hop off or moving back to the centerline.
** *then I got lost as he started talking about there accurate weight and using *triganometry tables to compute the righting movement.*I should have prefaced this by saying he is a blow boater.** I can't think of any real use for this information.

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