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Old 01-27-2018, 09:46 AM   #27
MurrayM
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City: Kitimat, North Coast BC
Vessel Name: Badger
Vessel Model: 30' Sundowner Tug
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Our boat has a semi displacement hull. While underway at somewhere around 7 knots one of our dogs had an "accident" on the aft deck. I grabbed a bucket, put a foot on the swim step, grabbed the rail tightly with the other hand, and leaned out to fill the bucket from the back of the boat.

I braced myself for the bucket to fill quickly and then be dragged backwards by the movement of water away from the boat, but was shocked at how there was zero pull on the bucket. It took a second to realize the flat transom of the boat was dragging an amazing amount of water behind it...it was like dipping the bucket into a still pond.

That in itself is going to burn some extra fuel.
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