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Your stability calculations indicate your vessel has a marginal GM. Which of the following is the most effective way to increase the stability of the vessel?

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Your stability calculations indicate your vessel has a marginal GM. Which of the following is the most effective way to increase the stability of the vessel?

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• GM (metacentric height) and how it depends on the positions of G (center of gravity) and M (metacenter) • How lowering the center of gravity (G) or raising the center of buoyancy (B) affects stability • The meaning of reserve buoyancy and its relation to freeboard and survivability

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• Which actions will increase the distance between G and M, giving the vessel a stronger righting lever for small angles of heel? • What practical operations on board (adding/removing ballast, shifting weights, loading cargo differently) would correspond to each choice? • How does freeboard relate to reserve buoyancy, and does increasing or decreasing it generally help overall safety and stability?

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• Identify which option lowers G (center of gravity), since that is usually associated with improved initial stability when GM is marginal • Check which option improves reserve buoyancy or freeboard, and whether that would help the vessel withstand flooding or large angles of heel • Eliminate any answer where you are raising G without a clear compensating benefit, as this typically reduces stability

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Question 1 of 2066636ef128f7522a1c522d72

Your stability calculations indicate your vessel has a marginal GM. Which of the following is the most effective way to increase the stability of the vessel?

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Your stability calculations indicate your vessel has a marginal GM. Which of the following is the most effective way to increase the stability of the vessel?

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