Buoyant -ish
Chasing leaks on boats is a time-honored obsession. Rule number one in all galaxies of the nautical universe through all of nautical history has always been the same: keep the water on the outside.
Charles Doane gives us a new example of the term “status quo”:
[O]wners of planked wooden boats take the business of pumping the bilge for granted and nonchalantly track the health of their hulls by counting how many strokes a day it takes to keep everything above water. As long as the number isn’t rising, they figure all is well.
It can be a challenge!
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