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 are slow in turning, and describe the segment of a large circle in doing so. A boat with its ballast stowed amidships will answer her helm more quickly than one in which the ballast is distributed throughout her length. A boat that draws little water at either extremity, and in which the lateral resistance of the water is concentrated on a deeply immersed midship section, will answer her helm more quickly than a boat whose area of immersed surface is more evenly distributed along the boat's length.