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Old 07-08-11, 07:42 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Osmium Steele View Post
It is a bit out of trim, but not sitting high. The grassweeds line usually starts an inch or so below the waterline of a largely stationary boat. This one angles down and disappears below the waterline about 1/3 the length of the boat.

Removing the torpedos without re-trimming the boat could do this, but then, so could a great many repair evolutions. Hard to say what the cause may be.
Good point; my mistake is in assuming the picture was taken of the boat immediately after it tied up, and that's not a good assumption to make.
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