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Old 11-21-09, 04:36 PM   #25
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That leaves me confused. How flooded are the ballast tanks? Fully flooded, and the boat dives. Partly flooded makes sense, but as I asked before, how precisely is the flooding controlled if the only way to flood is to open the vents? The boat can only be precisely trimmed if it is submerged.
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