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Waterplane Coefficient (Cw) The ratio between the waterplabe area (A) and the area of the circumscribing block. For a box shaped vessel the Waterplane area = Length (L) x Max Breadth (M) or Cw = Area/L x B Abbreviation:  Cw

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