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I have programs here that will calculate any of it, but I was trying
to keep it simple for a layman.. At the same time, a note to the
OP... I defer to Eisboch in this case. He has much more experience
than I in this area... I have booklearnin' he has boats

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I have absolutely *no* experience in converting a small lake boat into a
houseboat.

Eisboch