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Your vessel is damaged and partially flooded. It is listing 12° to port and trimmed 8 feet down by the head. It has a long, slow, sluggish roll. Which action should you take FIRST?

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Your vessel is damaged and partially flooded. It is listing 12° to port and trimmed 8 feet down by the head. It has a long, slow, sluggish roll. Which action should you take FIRST?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Effect of free surface in slack tanks on vessel stability • Difference between correcting list (heel) and trim (bow or stern down) conditions • How weight removal vs. weight addition low and on centerline affects GM (metacentric height) and rolling period

💭 Think About

• Ask which condition is most dangerous right now: the list, the trim, or the long, slow roll, and what that long, slow roll tells you about stability. • Look at each option and decide whether it mainly changes list, trim, or stability (GM), and whether it risks making free surface worse or better. • Consider which single action could quickly improve stability without dangerously increasing trim or list in the short term.

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option deals with a slack tank on the centerline and what pressing it up does to free surface. • Check which actions involve removing weight high and off centerline and how that would affect the list and GM. • Confirm which option directly reduces the risk associated with a long, slow, sluggish roll (indication of low GM and poor stability).

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Question 1 of 20

Your vessel is damaged and partially flooded. It is listing 12° to port and trimmed 8 feet down by the head. It has a long, slow, sluggish roll. Which action should you take FIRST?

Jettison deck cargo from the port side

Pump out the forepeak tank

Press up an after, slack, centerline double bottom tank

Jettison the anchors and anchor cables

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Question 1 / 2066636eec28f7522a1c51d0dd

Question 1 of 2066636eec28f7522a1c51d0dd

Your vessel is damaged and partially flooded. It is listing 12° to port and trimmed 8 feet down by the head. It has a long, slow, sluggish roll. Which action should you take FIRST?

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Question 1 of 20

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Your vessel is damaged and partially flooded. It is listing 12° to port and trimmed 8 feet down by the head. It has a long, slow, sluggish roll. Which action should you take FIRST?

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🔍 Key Concepts

💭 Think About

✅ Before You Answer

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