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The bending moment should not be confused with the "Righting moment." This is something entirely different, and has different connotations when applied to the engineering and seamanship departments.
In Tmac's realm, there are many highly precision engineered bits that operate on extremely close tolerances, (just like our Chief Injuneer, who is very tolerant provided you don't get too close to him when things go wrong.) When something starts doing what it isn't supposed to, Tmac makes a delicate adjustment with whatever he can find on the bench, and puts it right immediately. This is what we call his "Righting Moment.
On the bridge, the righting moment can mean something else. On a British vessel, the Master will say, "Hard a' Starboard, helmsman." On an American vessel, the command is more like ,"Shove the wheel hard right g*ddammit,"
This is also a "Righting Moment."
There are other definitions which can be found in various text books, including "Know Your Own Ship," by T.Walton. (The copy I inherited was published in 1920, so obviously won't apply to the Golden Dreamer II which was only built last year.)
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