Scott Dickson wrote:
..."deadrise" to me? I know zip about boat terms, and see this often.
I'll expect the usually fires to start...batten down the
hatches!!!!!!!!!!


Deadrise is the a measurement of the angle between the bottom of a boat
and its widest beam. Many modern boats have widely varying measurements
of deadrise along the bottom, with a very sharp deadrise at the bow,
tapering to much less at the stern, measured at the bottom of the
transom. A deep-vee hull typically has 21 to 24 degrees of deadrise at
the transom. A semi-vee usually is 14-20 degrees of deadrise at the
bottom of the transom. Less deadrise than that and you are beginning to
describe a flat-bottomed boat.


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