Designation:F3052−14AnAmericanNationalStandardStandardGuideforConductingSmallBoatStabilityTest(DeadweightSurveyandAirIncliningExperiment)toDetermineLightcraftWeightandCentersofGravityofaSmallCraft1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF3052;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONSmallcraftoperators,builders,buyers,accidentinvestigatorsandothersmayberequiredtodeterminethecentersofgravityfortheircraftinordertoapplystabilitycriteriaorperformotheranalyses.Theconventionalin-waterstabilitytestcanbedifficulttoperformaccuratelyonsmallcraft,soanin-airincliningexperimentmaybespecified.However,therearenoguidelinesavailabletohelpstandardizeandexplaintheprocess.ThisguideprovidesthemarineindustrywithanunderstandingofanAir-Inclinestabilitytestforsmallcraft.Itcontainsprocedurestoensurethatvalidresultsareobtainedwithprecisionataminimalcosttoowners,shipyardsandthegovernment.Theguideisnotintendedtodirectaperson(s)intheactualcalculationsofthelightcraftweightandcentersofgravity,buttobeaguidetotherecommendedproceduresrequiredtogatheraccuratedataforuseinthecalculationofthelightcraftcharacteristics.Acompleteunderstandinganddocumentationofproperprocedurestoconductastabilitytestisparamounttoconfirmthattheresultsgatheredduringthetestcanbeexaminedforaccuracy,especiallybythirdpartiessubsequentlyreviewingthedata.Thisguideisrecommendedtobeusedforallsmallcraftcapableofbeingliftedsafelywithforwardandaftpickpointscapableofenduringadditionalincliningweightstobeusedforthestabilitytest.1.Scope1.1Thisguidecoversthedeterminationofasmallboat’slightcraftcharacteristics.Theairinclinestabilitytestcanbeconsideredtwoseparatetasks;adeadweightsurveyandanair-incliningexperiment.Thestabilitytestisrecommended,butnotrequired,forallsmallcraftupontheirconstructioncompletionand/oraf...
