Jan 2025 PM Nav Arc 1

Q.2 A vessel of L 148 m, LCF 70 m, draft forward 8.00 m, draft aft 9.80 m, TPC 32, MCTC 264 lightly grounds on gently sloping seabed. Soundings taken in that instant showed forward depth as 8.00 m and aft depth as 10.9 m. Find the draft after tide falls by (a) 30 cm (b) 2.00 m

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