1. Always use "." as digit separator.
2. Use underscore - if the ship's name consists of 2 parts
3. Trim factors
Some stability information books tabulate trim factors, forward and aft, but no position for the longitudinal centre of flotation (LCF) forward of the aft perpendicular (AP). The LCF can be found from the trim factors by the following formula:
length between perpendiculars x aft trim factor LCF from AP = ------------------------------------------------------------------
forward trim factor + aft trim factor
LCF = (+th / (+th + -th) ) * Lpp
4. Be careful with MCTC:
in some tables MCTC in [tm/m] in other [tm/cm] – You must insert in [tm/cm].
Example: Table MCTC = 4986.665 tm/m, divide by 100 and insert 49.86665.
5. Hydrostatic Table:
Fill in at least 35 rows with Draft, Displacement..... in any order (You can insert less rows and later add more).
Insert minimal and maximal available draft (i.e. 1,0 m or less and MAX draft ) from Your Hydrostatic Table.
6. You can manually edit All Tables in MS Access 2003 (If you have Access 2003 installed on your computer)
(file ds_data.mdb).