A ship stays upright (stable) if:

  1. it has no keel
  2. its centre of gravity is low and the centre of buoyancy shifts to give a restoring torque
  3. it carries no ballast
  4. its centre of gravity is very high
Answer

B) its centre of gravity is low and the centre of buoyancy shifts to give a restoring torque

Heavy ballast is placed low. SLO P-11-B-34 · Application

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