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accommodation amidships angle of entrance angle of heel ballast BERTH block coefficient bulkheads cabin calculation Camper and Nicholson canoe stern cent centre of buoyancy centre of gravity chine hull coach-roof corrosion deadwood deck saloon deckhouse displacement-length ratio draught effect engine example fo'c'sle fore and aft forward FRAME SPACING freeboard frictional resistance grown frames heavy displacement high speed horse-power hull form immersed increase keel less light displacement longitudinal Mahogany metacentre metacentric height midship section motor yacht narrow naval architecture Olin Stephens planing hulls planking power yachts prismatic coefficient produce proportions range of stability reduced righting lever rolling rudder scantlings seaway seaworthiness settee shape sheer sheerline ship shown in Fig side small craft small yachts speed ratio speed-length ratio steel Table tank Thames Measurement thickness timbers tons tophamper transom transom stern transverse transverse wave ventilation vertical wave making resistance weight whilst wood