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Q9. A. State what is meant by the term floodable length illustrating your answer by drawing a typical curve of floodable length of a ship. B. A vessel has a maximum allowable draught of 8.5m in fresh water and 8.25m in seawater of 1.025/m3, the TPC in the sweater being 27.5. The vessel is loaded in never water of 1.012 t/m2 to a draught of 8.44m. If it now moves into seawater, is it necessary to pump out any ballast and if 50, how much?