🔍 Key Concepts

• Transverse stability and how weight changes affect list • Difference between using tanks on one side only vs symmetrically placed tanks • Effect of removing weight from different locations (port, starboard, centerline, fore and aft)

💭 Think About

• For each option, ask: Am I changing weight on one side more than the other, or equally on both sides? • Consider whether I am adding or removing weight and how that affects the vessel’s heel to port or starboard. • Which situation creates an imbalance across the centerline, rather than along the length of the vessel?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choice changes weight only on one side of the centerline. • Eliminate any choice where weight is taken from or added to centerline tanks only. • Check that the selected option would reasonably cause the ship to heel to port or starboard, not just trim by the bow or stern.