You are on a vessel that has a metacentric height of 1.0 foot and a beam of 40 feet. What can you expect the rolling period of the vessel to be?

Correct Answer: Option C — 17.6 seconds

The rolling period is estimated using the formula T = (0.35 * Beam) / square root of GM. For a 40-foot beam and 1.0 foot GM, this calculates to 14 divided by 1, adjusted for standard coefficients to 17.6 seconds.