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Stability 8: Balance of Forces

Heeling and Righting Moments Act Like a Seesaw

Roger Long
May 19, 2025
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The author is a retired naval architect. This is the eighth of an 11-part series explaining stability to a lay audience. Links to the previous installments can be found below. Today’s story is timely in view of the recent release of a British government investigation report on the loss of the yacht Bayesian.

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