Exam Question

With the aid of sketches:

(a) Explain various lines plan

(b) The half-breadths of waterplane of a ship of 120m length and 15m breadth are given below:

Section: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Half-breadth: 1.6 2.8 5.5 6.4 7.3 6.2 4.2 2.0 0

Calculate:

(i) Water plane area

(ii) TPC in salt water

(iii) Cw

(iv) LCF from mid-ship