Restoring Moment: Anti-Clockwise Direction?

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The restoring moment in the context of boat stability is defined as the moment that opposes the tilt of the boat. In the provided discussion, it is established that when a boat tilts clockwise, the restoring moment must act in an anti-clockwise direction to counteract this tilt. Conversely, if the boat were tilting anti-clockwise, the restoring moment would indeed be clockwise. This distinction is crucial for understanding the dynamics of boat stability as illustrated in diagrams 3-46 and 3-48.

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why the restoring moment in diagram 3-48 must be in anti-clockwise direction ? can't be in clockwise direction ? pls refer to the last photo ( i sketched it) , if the B' is located on the left of the G , the restoring moment is clockwise, right ?

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That's what you get for attaching pages and pages of unsharp hard to read print : I can't even find 3-48 !
 
A restoring moment (as the term is used in this text) is a moment that tends to oppose the tilt of the boat. Since the boat is tilting clockwise, as viewed, a restoring moment is necessarily anticlockwise. As the diagram shows (3-46, not 3-48), when the moment reinforces the tilt it is called an overturning moment.
Your own diagram shows the boat tilting anticlockwise, so yes, in that case a restoring moment would be clockwise.
 

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