DERIVATION OF THE SAG ALLOWANCE FORMULA

FOR CALCULATING THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE VESSEL, WE NEED TO CHECK THE DRAFTS FORWARD, AFT & AMIDSHIPS
WE THEN CALCULATE THE MEAN OF MEANS OR THE MEAN BETWEEN MIDSHIP DRAFT & MEAN DRAFT (W/C IS THE MEAN BET.
FORWARD & AFT DRAFTS)
AFTERWARDS, WE GET THE AVERAGE BET. MEAN OF MEANS & MIDSHIP DRAFT & THE RESULT WILL BE THE DOUBLE MEAN OF MEANS
WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS QUARTER MEAN & SOMETIMES TERMED MEAN OF MEANS. THESE PROCEDURES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE
SAG OR HOG OF THE VESSEL'S HULL. THIS DOUBLE MEAN OF MEANS IS THEN USED TO EXTRACT THE CORRESPONDING DISPLACMENT FROM
THE HYDROSTATIC TABLE, IF THE VESSEL HAS A TRIM AND/OR FLOATING IN WATER W/ A DENSITY OTHER THAN 1.025 FURTHER CORRECTIONS
WILL BE APPLIED.
TO SUMMARIZE THE FORMULAS:
MEAN OF MEANS =

MEAN DRAFT + MIDSHIP DRAFT

2

DOUBLE MEAN OF MEANS =

A SHORT CUT FORMULA FOR DOUBLE MEAN OF MEANS (DERIVED FROM ABOVE) =

MEAN OF MEANS + MIDSHIP DRAFT

2

FWD DRAFT + AFT DRAFT+ 6 X MIDSHIP DRAFT

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LET US CONSIDER 2 CASES BELOW, CASE 1 VESSEL HAS NO DEFLECTION (NO SAG NOR HOG)& ON EVEN KEEL, CASE 2 VESSEL WITH 4CM SAG ON EVEN KEEL.
CASE 1

VESSEL W/O HULL DEFLECTION

A

IN THIS CASE, AA REPRESENTS MIDSHIP DRAFT, MEAN DRAFT, MEAN OF MEANS & DOUBLE MEAN OF MEANS. THEY ALL COINCIDE WITH EACH OTHER & THERE
IS NO REDUCTION IN VESSEL'S DISPLACEMENT, DEADWEIGHT & CARGO INTAKE.
CASE 2

VESSEL W/ 4 CM SAG ON EVEN KEEL.

AA
AB
AC
AD

REPRESENTS THE MIDSHIP DRAFT & THE DRAFT OF THE VESSEL WHEN THERE IS NO HULL DEFLECTION
REPRESENTS THE MEAN DRAFT (KINDLY NOTE IT IS 4 CM BELOW MIDSHIP DRAFT)
REPRESENTS THE MEAN OF MEANS OR THE AVERAGE BET. AA & AB (KINDLY NOTE IT IS 2 CM BELOW MIDSHIP DRAFT)
REPRESENTS THE DOUBLE MEAN OF MEANS (KINDLY NOTE IT IS 1 CM BELOW MIDSHIP DRAFT OR THE DRAFT OF THE
VESSEL IF THERE IS NO HULL DEFLECTION) W/C IS USED IN ENTERING THE HYDROSTATCI TABLE TO GET THE CORRESPONDING
DISPLACEMENT OF THE VESSEL W/C IS CORRECTED FOR SAG.
A

4CM

AS SHOWN ABOVE, WITH A SAG OF 4 CM THE DOUBLE MEAN OF MEANS IS 1 CM BELOW THE MIDSHIP DRAFT OR THE DRAFT OF THE VESSEL
WHEN THERE IS NO HULL DEFLECTION. TO CONVERT THIS 1 CM TO WEIGHT WE JUST MULTIPLY THE TPC OF THIS VESSEL AT THIS DRAFT. THEREFORE,
FOR EVERY 4 CM OF SAG THE DISPLACEMENT OR DEADWEIGHT OR CARGO INTAKE IS REDUCED BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE TPC. HENCE,
THE FOLLOWING FORMULA CAN BE USED:
SAG ALLOWANCE =

SAG IN CM X TPC
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THE ABOVE FORMULA CAN BE USED REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH THE SAG IS.