Study comparative of stability performance between PVC fishing boat and wooden traditional fishing boat

Abstract

The use of PVC materials as an alternative material for fishing boat is being developed in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia. Therefore, further analysis is needed to assist this development. In this paper, the analysis of ship stability of PVC fishing boat is investigated and be compared with wooden traditional fishing boat. The results of this analysis indicate that the PVC fishing boat has better stability which the PVC boat has GM values greater than traditional fishing boat. The GM values of traditional fishing boat is 3.988 m on normal load conditions, while the PVC fishing boat has a GM value of 5.828 m.