How much does your boat draw?

[Proper Job]

If my plimsolls get wet, I know that I've exceeded my normal draught

 

Time to man the pumps!

[Keeping Up]

A good comical read about sailing on the Norfolk Broads is ''The art of course sailing''by Michael Green,although out of print now

 

That's coarse, Shirley

[carlt]

That's coarse, Shirley

Also author of "The Art of Coarse Sex: Or How to Love Better and Die with a Beautiful Smile on Your Face"

[Proper Job]

Nope.

 

The original Plimsoll line was a horizontal line, through a circle, but it has been adapted, over the years to include several different vertical maximum load lines, to account for different water densities and potential variations in sea conditions.

 

Then there is a separate set of Timber load lines, for ships carrying deck stored timber, and different lines again, for passenger vessels.

 

All these evolutions, of the Plimsoll line, are known as "load lines" not "draught marks".

 

(I've got a licence but I choose not to display it).

Samuel Plimsoll

Edited September 30, 2011 by Proper Job