"K" wrote in message
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Hi. I'm looking to the experts (the boating experts, not the political
experts) for some technical help with a writing project I'm working on.
Say there's a small, open, no frills, 12 or 13 foot boat with an outboard
motor. In the boat are two adults and their ten year-old son. Assume
that
the boat is sitting stationary in relatively calm waters (bay or harbor),
and that there's no water inside the boat. How likely is it that the
three
of them might capsize it if they were to all simultaneously put a foot up
on
the same side of the hull with most of their weight? Maybe they were
all
reaching out for something. Would they flip the whole thing over and
get
dumped in the water? Is that conceivable? Likely? Doubtful?
Any thoughts welcome.
Thanks...
-Ken


I would suggest the boat would tip throwing all into the water. The question
is...would it remain upright with 'some' water inside.
I can remember coming up to a dock after sailing a 12' Kolbi. I had taken
the dagger board up and was about to step off. I ended up with my hands on
the dock and my toes still in the boat. The rest of me was bridged over the
gap.