On Nov 29, 8:07*pm, Scott Dickson wrote:
I was surprised to get an answer for this in another forum. No sense
asking here.......

I always thought it was how the Stern of the Boat was designed. To let
the ****faced Captain " *Tumble-Home " to his berth after the Rum
Shack had closed.....

About two seconds in google:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumblehome

Moron.