[owenmccall]

What I think is confusing to me is that we are not specifying "a fuller bow GIVEN (1) A FIXED DECK LENGTH OR (2) A FIXED WATERLINE LENGTH." If we are talking about a fixed waterline length, then a overhanging bow will have more reserve bouyancy than a plumb bow. If we mean per a fixed deck length, then a plumb bow will have more reserve bouyancy and a submerged "ramming prow" (reverse overhang, like on a Roman trireme) will have the MOST reserve bouyancy.