Sail Skills - Stability Free guide to ship and small vessel stability. Aimed at small vessel users but suitable for professional mariners. Diagrams, text and animations explaining stability: from righting lever to movement of liquid in tanks – the free surface effect. Demonstrates adding weights to a vessel, heel and list. Especially recommended for RYA examination candidates.
Every penny helps … Link to Stability Project Stability Explained Stability Home>Notes>Maths of Levers & Moments back to top If the car continues so that it has a longer lever, its moment will be greater than that of the motor home: Effect of length of lever: car balances motor home when moments of each are equal Effect of length of lever: moment of car exceeds moment of motor home as lever length increases As the moment depends on both the length of lever and the force (weight) the moment of the car could be increased by adding weight to the car - such as passengers. Here the weight of the passengers is p, so the weight of the car with passengers is w + p Effect of increase in force: moment of car exceeds moment of motor home as force (weight) increases
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