On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:45:19 -0700 (PDT), 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 angle of the vee you see looking at a boat on trailer
or hoist. That is the angle with horizontal of one side of the bottom.
The more of it, the more it slices waves rather than banging on them.
More deadrise is slower, and tippier at anchor, the price of a good
high speed ride in chop.

Casady