Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site homxb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!homxb!hrs From: hrs@homxb.UUCP (H.SILBIGER) Newsgroups: net.rec.boat Subject: Re: "s e l f b a i l i n g " Message-ID: <677@homxb.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 09:04:04 EDT Article-I.D.: homxb.677 Posted: Tue Jul 16 09:04:04 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 04:15:44 EDT References: <87@biomed.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 12 I always thought that all you were guaranteed if you had a self bailing boat which filled with water that it would not sink altogether. You could th bail it with a bucket your self :-) Seriously, any boat whose cockpit floor is below the waterline will have to move to be self bailing. If the cockpit is above the waterline, open drains can let the water out, as long as you dont get it in the cabin. Herman Silbiger