LAGOON 421
NAVIGATION
10
CATAMARAN
Weight of vessel: 10 tons
d: distance between centre of buoyancy and cen-
tre of gravity
SINGLE-HULL
Weight of vessel: 10 tons
RMmax: Weight of vessel x d
(RMmax: Righting moment Maximum)
RMmax Single-hull: 10 tons x 0,5 metres
: 5 tons.metres
RMmax Catamaran: 10 tons x 3 metres
: 30 tons.metres
RIGHTING MOMENT
Illustration showing the difference between
the righting moments of a single-hull ves-
seland a catamaran of 10m length.