List (watercraft)

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A heavily listing ship, the Ivory Tirupati, heading for the port of Brest in France
A heavily listing ship, the Ivory Tirupati, heading for the port of Brest in France

The angle of list is a term used to describe the degree to which a vessel heels (leans, or tilts) to either port or starboard. [1]

A listing vessel is stable and at equilibrium but the distribution of weight aboard causes it to heel to one side or the other.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Kemp, "The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea", 1976, p. 488


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