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Question 869 of 968

The motion of a vessel impacts its stability. Which of these motions shown in the illustration affects the governing "motion ahead and astern" stability? Illustration SF-0048

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bt btamone · Jul 12, 2017

The top left picture is mislabeled surge when the bottom left picture should be surge. Top left transverse motion would be sway.

DS DSavoie913 · Aug 4, 2017

A quick video on vessel motions, this illustration appears to be mislabeled
https://youtu.be/tUbPaohVrYU