Estimation of the stability of a fishing vessel during purse seining

Abstract

One of the reasons for the emergency of a fishing vessel, as well as for the failure of fishing equipment, is the sudden tension of the purse rope, which occurs when the fishing equipment is pulled. As a result of the loss of stability the vessel may enter the encircled seine area and even capsize. There are a number of measures to improve stability during the operation of the vessel. However, when designing fishing equipment, it is necessary to know forces acting on the vessel from the seine side. The article presents a method for assessing the static stability of a vessel with a static application of the tension force of the purse rope. As a result of the study, an expression for determining the static heel angle using a three-dimensional representation of the vessel is given. During simulation the geometrical parameters of the purse rope in the process of purse seine were taken into account. The tension force of the purse rope is also presented as a variable.