General Hydrostatics (GHS):  The de facto standard software for hydrostatics and stability in the USA.  When I started my career, day two of my new job involved GHS.  My boss dropped the manual on my desk (I remember the audible thud from the landing), and he commanded, “Read this.  Learn GHS.”  How?  That is like learning English by reading the dictionary!

Save yourself many days of frustration.  Watch these tutorials instead.

GHS Reports

Reports are how we control the output formatting from GHS.  Because presentation matters!  Everything from the title on the page down to the colors of the report output.  Learn how to master them all.

310 GHS Reports:  

How to create your first report

320 GHS Report Formatting:  

How to make the report look good.

330 Viewing GHS Reports:  

You can’t just open it in MS Word.  Learn the tricks.

340 GHS Condition Graphics:  

Did the ship heel to port or starboard?  Graphical output will quickly show you.

GHS Hydrostatics

What is the draft, the trim?  What is the ship’s current displacement?  Show me the loading conditions?  GHS yields answers to all this and more, for those who know how to ask the right question.

410 GHS Draft and Trim:  

How to set the draft and trim.

420 GHS Weight:  

How to set the ship’s weight.  Or load tanks.

430 GHS Status Command:  

What is the current draft and trim?  Get all the details of the ship’s current loading condition.

440 GHS Hydrostatics:  

That lovely table of hydrostatics, complete with the plot of hydrostatics.  How do I generate it?