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What is ballast?

April 26, 2017ballast

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What is ballast?

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Ballast is water that is taken aboard a vessel to stabilize it for a variety of reasons, including: To diminish hull stress. Properly distributed ballast helps to counteract the forces on an empty or partially loaded vessel. To provide proper stablization and trim. Stabilization is the left to right, or side to side, control of a vessel. Trim is the forward and after angle of a vessel. To aid in propulsion efficiency. Ballast water controls the submergence level of the propeller and the bow thruster and thus aids in controlling propulsion.