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So freeboard is the distance between the deck and the waterline
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So, you know, how high is the deck off of the waterline
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And usually freeboard is calculated from the boat manufacturer to account for the use of the boat
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and the amount of cargo or gear that you're going to be putting on the boat. So if you load the boat with, say, eight people at 200 pounds, 250 pounds a piece
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plus a thousand pounds of ice and gear, you know, you just put a few thousand pounds in that boat
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that's going to make the boat sink down. So the freeboard is going to need to be a specific distance
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depending on what you're using the boat for. Because if the freeboard is too shallow and the deck is too close to the waterline
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whenever you get, say, four people on the side of the boat, and you're trying to pull a fish in, you could get heely and tippy
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And that will create a problem where if you have, you know, deck drains and a wave comes over
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and you've got water coming into the boat now, that can be a problem
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So it's very important to understand those terms. That's why some boats are more tippy
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As soon as you get into, like, if you've got a 21 or a 24 foot boat with a 24, 25 degree dead rise
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that's really shallow. And like an eight foot beam, eight, six, that's not that long
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And that's not that wide. And that is a very deep V. So the deeper the V, the tippier the boat's going to be
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Whereas the lower the beam, it's not as tippy, it's more stable
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So if you've got a deep V, 24, 25 degrees, 24 foot long boat
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and you don't have that much freeboard, then whenever you get two or three guys on one side of the boat to try and pull a fish in
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that could be a problem. And there are a few boats out there that do have problems like that
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specific models, not going to say anything about names or anything like that
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but just understand those kinds of things. And also gunnel height, I think, is going to play a big factor in that too
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So if you've got really low gunnels, like, you know, older sea crafts and stuff like that
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you've got like these really shallow gunnels. So if you've got a large freeboard, which means the deck is very high off of the water
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because it doesn't drain to the bilge. It goes straight out over the deck and the deck drains straight overboard
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So you've got a high freeboard, but you've got low gunnels. So now when you're fishing, let's say the gunnel only comes up to
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you know, just below your knee. That's kind of a problem for a lot of people because, you know
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the boat might need to be manufactured with a lot of freeboard because of the way it's being used
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But those low gunnels, now, if you're on the side of the boat and you've got your knee above the gunnel
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you need that brace for trying to pull in a fish or something like that. So it could be a problem
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And taking that into effect whenever you're looking at boats and stuff like that
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that's just something to think about. So if you like this clip and you want to watch another one
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