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Horses on Board Ship. 



important points in horse-carrying ships ; and 

 besides it will facilitate mucking-out (p. 193). 

 Freeboard is the term applied to the 

 height of the sides of a ship above the 

 waterline at the middle of her length, 

 measured from the top of the deck at the 

 side, and is a margin of safety given to a 

 vessel (Walton). The comparative amount 

 of freeboard allowed by the Board of Trade 

 to a ship is inversely proportionate to her 

 structural strength. Hence, as a rule, a 

 fully-laden spar-decker would have more 

 freeboard than a fully-laden three-decker. 



Stability (righting leverage) is the power 

 a ship has of righting herself when inclined 

 out of the upright position by some external 

 force or forces, such as, for instance, wind 

 and waves ; and it depends chiefly on her 



