What is “deck roach?”

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  1. geoffkryten
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    geoffkryten New Member

    Never mind, I figured it out. I can’t delete the post.
     
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  2. kapnD
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    Lol, It’s a bilge roach, out for a tan!
     
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  3. Squidly-Diddly
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    so WTF it a deck roach? just a roach that lives/hides under decks, like slatted Teak decks that have space between them and main water proof deck?
     
  4. messabout
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    Is deck roach the athwartship curvature of the deck ? A term such as sail roach; the area composed of outward curvature of the leech. I have not heard that term applied to decks before. Camber is another word that is sometimes used to describe deck curvature.
     
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  5. Will Gilmore
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    Will Gilmore Senior Member

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    It's not listed in this photo, but the roach of a squares'l is the curve that gives it clearance when bending around the mast and other spars. It is the reverse of the roach of a fore-n-aft sail.

    For a deck, the term seems a little ambiguous since a deck often curve along two axis.
     
  6. messabout
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    In whatever case, the term can imply some degree of curvature. Deck roach it is then.
    Descartes would not call his curves roaches but his curves would be there anyway.
     

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    wet feet Senior Member

    Its a novel way to describe deck camber.
     
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