Jan 2025 AM Nav Arc 1
Q.1 A vessel of displacement 29,000 t, length 200m, Fwd draft 7m and Aft Draft 8.5m runs aground without any damage to her hull. Her MCTC 250 tm/cm and TPC 20 t/cm, LCF 105m, FSM 1000 tm, KM 8.5m, KG 7.8m. Tide then falls by 50 cm. The drafts then observed were to be Fwd 7.8m and Aft 7.5m. Calculate