• HonkyTonkWoman@lemm.ee
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      15 days ago

      I didn’t either, but it’s apparently a boating term that means to raise the bow of the boat by adjusting the boats trim.

      I guess this can also be done by overloading the rear of the boat? I know some boats have bladders on either side of the rear of the boat, called ballasts, that do this.

      This is from a comment on this cartoon, in the farside archive:

      “Trim is simply the running angle of the boat as it makes way in the water; when we adjust the trim, we raise or lower the bow (the front of the boat).”