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Default Displacement Plus Ballest ?

So displacement is the actual weight in pounds?
I quote from wikipedia
"Displacement is the actual total weight of the vessel." but I have
always tried to make things more complicated than they really are.

thanks,
RogueIT

Scotty wrote:
4550 , the ballast is listed to give you an idea of
stability, or ''ballast to weight ratio''.

SBV