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FLOTATION AND STABILITY 77

Solution

Lost buoyancy method

The vessel now trims about the new centre of flotation, FI from
amidships. Taking moments about amidships, and using subscript
1 to denote damaged values:

That is, the centre of flotation is 4 m aft of amidships or 30 m aft
of the centroid of the damaged compartment.

Thus draught aft

draught forward