Stability and Trim of Fishing Vessels and Other Small Ships

J. A. Hind (Author)

9780852381212, Wiley

Hardback, published 1 September 1989

136 pages
22.5 x 14.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.255 kg

The loading of vessels to secure maximum security and seakindliness is of vital importance to fishermen. This book deals with this important subject in detail and is intended as a textbook for preparing for masters and mates certficates. It also affords practical guidance to the fisheman or smallboat owner. Since it was first published, much of its advice and many of the principles behind its recommendation have become officially adopted, nationally and internationally.

First principles
Initial or metacentric stability
The inclining experiment
Inertia and free surfaces
Stability at large angles
Trim
Docking and grounding
Dynamical stability and motion in a seaway
Stability after damage
Stability information aboard ships
Formulae and approximations
Appendices.

Subject Areas: Agriculture & farming [TV]