Huggy, I wouldn't want to leave you without the proper form to use when calculating your ark's stability. Here is the standard form that Chief Officers must fill out prior to holds inspections for ships loading grain:
https://natcargo.org/gscf.pdf
Once the ship gets to its anchorage for inspection, a National Cargo Bureau surveyor and representatives of the USDA board the vessel, inspect the holds for cleanliness, and then review the C/O's calculations to ensure that the proposed stowage of the grain falls within acceptable parameters for safety. The reason for this is that grain shifts in ships' holds while at sea, causing changes to the vessel's angle of heel. Too much and the vessel could sink.
The numbers have to be right, or the ship will not pass inspection and the stow plan must be reworked. C/Os don't get to say, "Well, something, something, magic, something . . . I'm sure it will all work out."
It should go without saying that two live specimens of every species on board a vessel in a worldwide flood will shift even more than grain.
So get to it. I look forward to your solution.
https://natcargo.org/gscf.pdf
Once the ship gets to its anchorage for inspection, a National Cargo Bureau surveyor and representatives of the USDA board the vessel, inspect the holds for cleanliness, and then review the C/O's calculations to ensure that the proposed stowage of the grain falls within acceptable parameters for safety. The reason for this is that grain shifts in ships' holds while at sea, causing changes to the vessel's angle of heel. Too much and the vessel could sink.
The numbers have to be right, or the ship will not pass inspection and the stow plan must be reworked. C/Os don't get to say, "Well, something, something, magic, something . . . I'm sure it will all work out."
It should go without saying that two live specimens of every species on board a vessel in a worldwide flood will shift even more than grain.
So get to it. I look forward to your solution.
