How do you measure the draught of a boat?.........

[Stilllearning]

I used to measure the draught on my boats by lighting a candle in the saloon, then seeing by how much the flame leant to one side. 

 

[roland elsdon]

6 hours ago, Mike Todd said:

I may well have recalled this here before (in which case I apologise to those who remember) but Jack Monk told me with some delight that in the days when working and leisure boats shared the canals, it was not uncommon for one of the latter to attempt to overtake uninvited. The working boatman would simply stand on the stern smiling sweetly as he, invisibly, wound up the engine speed as the overtaker came alongside and then watched in some amusement as the cruiser steerer could not wok out why they were stuck alongside!

Oh yes.... and how do i know this