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Re: Any Thought on this Stone (possible) River Sev
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Just another thought to throw into the mix
You might consider regarding a 'foriegn' stone as possible ballast, especially if your wooden posts represent some form of quay.
Basically, due to shallow daft, any boat designed to carry cargo is less stable/manuoverable if unladen, so if a boat was not carrying a cargo it would carry ballast in the form of stones to increase the draft.
However your stone may be a little to large for this purpose.


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fitzcoraldo
Posted by fitzcoraldo
6th January 2007ce
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