1.
Minor items to go onboard and off board shall be
identified and minimized. Details like weight, LCG, VCG of those items to be
collected. Trim of the vessel should be minimized.
2.
All tanks are preferred to keep empty. In case of
practical difficulties with some of the tanks, they can be kept pressed full.
Sounding table should be available for slack tanks. Number of slack tanks should
be minimized to reduce the effect of FSM.
3.
The depth of water under the hull should be sufficient
to ensure that the hull will be entirely free of bottom. Prior to the
experiment the water depth is to be measured. The mooring ropes will be loose
enough for easy movement of the vessel.
4.
Weight transfer: As a minimal prerequisite for
acceptability, the following conditions would be required:
a. Sand
Bags or Iron weights with pre-weighted weights will be used for inclining experiment.
The final weight will be confirmed before inclining experiment.
b. The
weights will be divided in to four (4) groups of equal weights in each group and
to be kept on main deck at same transverse distance from longitudinal centerline
of main deck.
c. Mechanical
shifting for the weights will be used.
d. All
inclining weights would be recorded before and after each shift and
longitudinal and transverse centers should be calculated for each movement.
e. The
ship’s initial heel and trim angle should be established prior to the inclining.
The draft marks (port and starboard) should be used when establishing the
initial heel angle.
f. The
time to conduct the inclining would be evaluated.
5.
Two pendulums (one fwd and one Aft of the vessel) shall
be used to measure the deflection of the vessel. The length of the pendulums
should be long enough to get accurate results. Pendulum wire should be of piano
wire or other monofilament material. One small tank filled with viscous oil to
be arranged below each pendulum to dampen the movement of the pendulum bob. A
calibrated batten or paper shift shall be arranged on both the tanks to measure
the deflection of pendulum string.
6.
A small boat shall be available to aid in taking the
draft mark reading.
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