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 with reference to COF:
(a) The location where the grounding occurred.
(b) The residual GM.

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