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Pilot Boat Self-Righting Test


published on 9 January 2020 1012 -

Testing Self-righting properties of the new Kewatec Pilot 1630.
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Gajanan Karanjikar India
on 7 October 2020, 18:19 UTC

how is it done? do they have solid ballast at the bottom?
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