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Default Top heavy?

On Jul 3, 5:12*pm, "
wrote:
Did I miss something here It's a POS *sink it.



David wrote:
I've got an old boat very much like this one:


http://www.warnersdock.com/images/Fr...fores15yel.JPG


that I'm trying to make into a mini-houseboat,
sort of like a camper. I only expect to have
about 200-300 pounds in the roof and walls,
and the roof will only be about 48" above
the gunwale. The hull will weigh a *lot* more
than what is added, so shouldn't that alone
be enough to keep it from being top heavy
and flipping over? If I add weight, like a
couple hundred pound bags of sand down
in the hull to counterballance, shouldn't
that take care of it? If so, should they
be placed on the sides, or in the center?- Hide quoted text -


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Yes, you missed the first line which suggests that this is not his
boat, but one with a similar hull configuration..His boat could be
spotless for all we know...