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For a floating vessel，the center of flotation is the point in the waterplane（）.

A.about which the vessel lists and trims
B.which coincides with the center of buoyancy
C.which，in the absence of external forces，is always vertically aligned with the center of gravity
D.which is shown in the hydrostatic tables as VCB

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