Ship Stability and Trim

While computers have made stability calculations easier, it's still important to understand the core concepts behind stability and how to keep your vessel stable, especially when weight is being transferred.

Using detailed visuals and animations, this video builds your understanding of ship stability by presenting important concepts, from the basics up to more advanced principles. Produced in cooperation with some of the world's leading experts on ship stability (William George, author of "Stability and Trim for the Ship's Officer," PMI/MITAGS, and Peter Ohnstad).

Topics:

• Visual definitions of keel, centerline, depth, beam, forward perpendicular, waterline, transverse and more
• Understand draft marks, load lines, displacement, and freeboard
• Conceptualize the relationship between center of buoyancy and center of gravity
• See how metacenter, trim, and heel are calculated and how they affect a moving vessel