Flare increases displacement, and is the outward turn of the hull as the sides come up from the waterline. Tumblehome is the reverse of flare. It is the shape of the hull from the gunwale, the upper edge of the side of a boat, to the waterline. The curvature of the deck from beam to beam, or camber, allows water to flow off the deck.
Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result- Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill â biography: Author Profession: Statesman Nationality: British Born: November 30, 1874 Died: January 24, 1965
If, like me, you guessed he said it in his younger years and bought the popular abridgement of his early works in a bid to find it, you will be disappointed, for that edition omits the passage that contains it altogether. Finally I have found the answer: Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. Winston S Churchill, The Story of the Malakand Field Force, London 1898. You can read the quote in context here: see page 107. It may be that, given that the book is based on a series of letters Churchill wrote to the Daily Telegraph to describe the fighting that in fact that newspaper was the first to print it. Posted by James Barr at 1:57 PM.