Stability, seakeeping and safety assessment of small fishing boats operating in southern coast of Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Yaakob, O. B., Hashim, Farah Ellyza, Jalal, Mohd. Rajali, Mustapa, Muhammad Adli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu 2015
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56067/1/OBYaakob2015_StabilitySeakeepingandSafetyAssessmentofSmallFishingBoats.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/56067/

Most fishing boats in Malaysia are built traditionally, usually with no guidance and approval from naval architects. Thus, hydrodynamics performance, viewed in terms of stability and seakeeping as well as safety performance, has become a major concern in traditional fishing boat designs. This study...