"Jack Redington" wrote in message
ink.net...
Bryan wrote:

"JR North" wrote in message
...

It's the inclusive angle of the hull at the transom, from keel to chine.
JR

Bryan wrote:


What does dead rise mean?
My boat has a 19 degree dead rise.


--
--------------------------------------------------------------
Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth


Thanks, but that didn't help. Want to try a simpler or more illustrative
explanation?
If you sat your boat on a flat surface and had it level on the center
keel The angle that the bottom slopes up to the edge of the side at the
back of the boat.

A flat bottom boat has no deadrise.

Capt Jack R..


Got it figured out thanks to rec.boats!

Thanks