On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 07:43:33 -0400, Glenn Ashmore
wrote:

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Bonus definition: "Dead rise" is the angle sloping outwards and up from
the keel to the topsides below the waterline.

And remember that the deck is the part on top of the boat on which you
stand or sit, and the topsides are actually the sides of the boat
between the waterline stripe and the gunwales. Gunwales are the top
edge of the sides.

"Tumble home" is the
slope leading inward and up from the waterline to the deck.

You can see this in cars, which, when viewed from ahead or astern,
have tumblehome either from the bottom of the side windows to the
roof, or from a design line lower than the windows to the top. Except
Volkswagen Eurovans.

- Rick Tyler