# Seakeeping for Autonomous Ship in Heavy Weather

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**Created:** [February 13, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/seakeeping-for-autonomous-ship-in-heavy-weather/54190 "2020-02-13T19:22:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/seakeeping-for-autonomous-ship-in-heavy-weather/54190/69 "2020-02-21T13:46:47Z")

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There is a limit to how far a ship can roll before it capsizes but in practice some reserve is required;

> [@Hydrostatics](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hydrostatics/47106):
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> Recently was refreshing my limited knowledge of NA and after going to my go to reference Principles of Naval Architecture (classic SNAME reference, Comstock editor) and sorting through the issue I decided to check the new-fangled sources. I think you could do worse than this series as a quick review. [https://www.youtube.com/user/NEECvideos/playlists](https://www.youtube.com/user/NEECvideos/playlists) And this was pretty clear on the GZ curve

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