"Then put the transmission into the lake.  which way does the water go
>on the side of the boat, up or down or does it stay the same?"

... down on the boat, up on the shoreline.

"And by approximately how much?"

A little bit .... more on the boat than the shoreline.

bob
Are there lakes in Eureka? .... not Shasta, Eureka. ;>)

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