🔍 Key Concepts

• Trim: the difference between a vessel’s forward draft and aft draft • How draft is described when the bow or stern is lower in the water • The meaning of mean draft and zero trim

💭 Think About

• Think about what it physically looks like when a ship is "down by the bow" versus "down by the stern" • Relate "trimmed down by the bow" to which end of the vessel has the greater draft • Consider which choice is not about trim at all, but about overall depth in the water

✅ Before You Answer

• Be clear on which end of the vessel (forward or aft) has the greater draft when trimmed down by the bow • Confirm that zero trim means the drafts forward and aft are equal • Verify that mean draft describes the average draft, not the difference between forward and aft drafts