On Dec 17, 10:09 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Dec 17, 9:35 pm, Larry wrote:

wrote in news:03ac4c92-1c2b-40f7-9b95-
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You might well gain more by sending all crew up on the bow.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

We could blow the stern ballast tanks.....

Being a trig geek, and assuming hull shape counts for nothing, 10
degrees gives you only about 1.' or 1.2 inches. Even 30 degrees dont
give give much.
OTOH, I know that heeling really does work for my boat so hull shape
does matter. I have gotten my boat into places she shouldnt have gone
by heeling her.

In reality, I think what happens to me is that my keel is wide and
flat at the bottom presenting a wide surface to the low density mud.
Heeling presents a wedge shape to the low density mud allowing me to
actually motor through mud with the consistency of very stiff pudding.