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Trim or longitudinal
TrimStability
may be considered as the longitudinal
TRIM
&
STABILITY
Now let a weight w, already on board, be shifted aft through a distance
d, as shown in Figure 16.1. This causes the centre of gravity of the ship to
shift from G to G1, parallel to the shift of the centre of gravity of the weight
shifted, so that:
or