[Public-List] stern squat

[gordon white]

    I just looked at my boat, Brigadoon II, at my pier. With the water 
tank forward empty for the winter, the mattresses and a lot (but not 
all) of the other stuff off, including the genny, and the fuel tanks 
full, with a 3-cylinder diesel in place of the Atomic 4, yes there is 
some slight, maybe as much as twoinches, squat aft.

     I tend to think with the genny mounted, the forward mattresses and 
other stuff aboard and the water tank pressed full, there is somewhat 
less squat. And that under way, the pressure on the mast offsets some of 
that.

     That being said, I do kind of remember sleeping up front, head 
forward, and there being a very slight rise. But it never bothered me. 
(I usually sleep in the saloon) But I have slept on deck in July because 
it was cooler, though hardly more comfortable. I have slept on the floor 
of the St. Louis airport, among other less-desirable places, some of 
them while in the Army. I guess I am just less sensitive to the 
conditions under which I sleep.

  - Gordon White



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