OOW-3.2.3

Stability effects - weight shifts, freeboard and slack tanks

OOW-3 · Onboard Ship Operations · OOW-3.2 Seaworthiness of the Ship

This lesson explains how transverse and vertical weight shifts, reduced freeboard, and free surfaces in slack tanks each degrade a vessel's stability, and why each effect arises.

Independent preparatory study aligned to the MCA OOW (Yachts <3000 GT) oral examination syllabus. Not an MCA-approved course and confers no credit toward a Certificate of Competency.