Question 1752 Deck Safety

You are correct, the answer is A) Rise. When a vessel experiences down flooding, the water entering the vessel will cause the vessel's center of buoyancy (KB) to rise. This is because the added weight of the floodwater causes the vessel to sit lower in the water, displacing more water and thus increasing the overall buoyancy of the vessel. As the center of buoyancy rises, it causes the vessel's stability to decrease. The other options are incorrect because: B) the KB would shift to the low side, not the high side; C) the KB would not remain stationary; and D) the KB would rise, not fall.