Having spent over 20 years calculating stability of fairly tender ships I have been unable to explain to others that large cruise may look top-heavy but cannot be so. This week I went to see BRITANNIA & NORWEGIAN EPIC at Cartagena & what I saw I found amazing.
BRITANNIA 143,730grt, 11,793dwt, 27'03" draft, 4,324 Pax, 1,398 Crew. 15 decks above waterline; it does look top-heavy. The deadweight would consist of 5,722 pax & crew together with effects, fuel, lubricants, fresh water, 4 swimming pools with free surface, all stores & consumeables and spare parts. I have heard of cases where the rudder has been applied well, if not hard, over with the ships taking a significant list. What I would really like to know is what are the locations of the centre of gravity and the metacentre and what is the metacentric height in the full deadweight condition; also the full load displacement tonnage.
Would appreciate some info from those experienced in these ships.
Tony
Topic: Stability of Large Cruise Ships (Read 1193 times)