Essential Skills For The Modern Sailor

                                                      A Text book on Practical Seamanship

ROR

                                                              ROR Explained in detal.

GUIDE FOR VESSEL MANEUVERABILITY

This Guide is intended to assist users in applying IMO maneuvering standards and to allow the Owner, designer and builder to rate the vessel’s maneuvering performance relative to statistical data of vessel maneuvering characteristics. The Guide summarizes the procedures to be used in assessing a vessel’s maneuvering performance.

MANEUVERING AND CONTROL OF MARINE VEHICLES

This book explains very much in detail about the following :-

• KINEMATICS OF MOVING FRAMES, 
• VESSEL INERTIAL DYNAMICS, 
• NONLINEAR COEFFICIENTS IN DETAIL, 
• VESSEL DYNAMICS, SIMILITUDE, 
• CAPTIVE MEASUREMENTS, 
• STANDARD MANEUVERING TESTS,
• STREAMLINED BODIES, 
• SLENDER-BODY THEORY, 
• PRACTICAL LIFT CALCULATIONS, 
• FINS AND LIFTING SURFACES, 
• PROPELLERS AND PROPULSION, 
• TOWING OF VEHICLES, 
• TRANSFER FUNCTIONS & STABILITY, 
• CONTROL FUNDAMENTALS, 
• MODAL ANALYSIS, 
• CONTROL SYSTEMS – LOOP SHAPING, 
• LINEAR QUADRATIC REGULATOR, 
• KALMAN FILTER

Notes On Ship-handling

A brief note on the following :-  
THE PIVOT POINT , SLOW SPEED CONTROL , TURNING , THE EFFECTS OF WIND , ANCHOR WORK , INTERACTION THE USE OF TUGS, THE USE OF BOW THRUSTERS, SPECIAL PROPELLERS AND RUDDERS, TWIN SCREW WORK , SHIP TO SHIP OPERATIONS.

All functions Question and Answers

1. Abandon ship signal | Anchor | Anchor cable markings | Anchor certificate | Anchor tests | bridge wing light smoke signal | checklist for SEQ survey | contents of fire wallet | davit launched inflatable liferafts | Emergency alarms | emergency lighting | EPIRB 406 Mhz | EPIRB emergency position indicating radio beacon | FFA fire fighting appliances | Fire control plan | fire extinguishers | fire hoses | fire hydrants | Fire locker | fire pumps | fire types of | Fire wallet | firemans outfit | fixed deck foam system | fixed fire fighting systems | hand flares | HRU hydrostatic release unit | inert gas | Information to be provided to fire brigade | international shore connection | Launching lifeboat in emergency | life jackets | life jackets markings | life jackets on passenger ships | life line signals | lifeboat | lifeboat equipment | lifeboat markings | Lifeboats carriage requirements | lifebuoys | lifebuoys markings | liferaft equipment | liferafts | liferafts markings | LSA FFA | LSA requirements | manual launching of inflatable liferafts | muster list contents | Orange smoke floats | parachute flares | passenger ships | pilot ladder | pyrotechnics | rescue boat | SART search and rescue transponder | SCBA checklist | sea anchors | SOLAS training manual | water tight doors | water tight doors maintenance
2. Action on flooding | action on main engine or steering failure | action on sighting vessel aground | advantage of gyrocompass | anchor watch | anchoring | beaching | bridge familiarization | bridge watchkeeping | bunkering procedures | cargo watch | collision | compass work | dangerous goods preparation | dock workers | dropping anchor | duties of OOW | duties of safety officer | gangway watch | general arrangement plan | grain regulations | handing over watch chartroom | handing over watch wheelhouse | heavy weather preparation | interaction | magnetic compass | man overboard | marine chronometer | moor | mooring preparations | mooring stations | navigation in coastal waters | pilot card | port watches on bridge | preparation for arriving in port | preparation for sailing out | preparations for anchoring | Q : abandon ship in Indian ocean in july | Q : agent brings new coil of rope checks | Q : checks about fire extinguishers | Q : fire in engine room action | Q : loading of iron steel pipes and plates | Q : recovery from survival craft | Q : stevedore informs Doff that loading gets over in 1 hr | Q : what information from routing charts | Q : what information from sailing direction | restricted visibility | receiving pilot | search and rescue | ship routing | ship shore master pilot exchange | ships certificates | ships posters | shore ship master pilot exchange | snubbing round | speed measuring device | squat | taking over watch chartroom | taking over watch wheelhouse | vessel aground | weighing anchor | wheel house poster
3. Chapter 01 : T publications T | T admiralty distance tables T | T admiralty list of light and fog signals T | T admiralty list o f notices to mariners T | T admiralty list of radio signals T | T admiralty sailing directions T | T admiralty tide tables T | T annual summary of admiralty notices T | T bridge procedures guide T | T chart catalogue T | T code of safe working practices T | T cumulative notices to mariners T | T guide to port entry T | T m notices T | T mariners handbook T | T ms notices T | T ms notices indian T | T nautical almanac T | T ocean passages of the world T | T regulation for carriage o f publications T | T ships routing T | T tidal stream atlases T | Chapter 02 : T anchor certificate T | T chain cable certificate T | T drop test for cast anchors T | T marks on anchors T | T test on anchor cables T | T tests on anchors T | Chapter 03 : T ballast water managemen tT | T committee tackling ballast water problem T | T harmful aquatic organisms in ballast water T | Chapter 04 : T bridge equipmen tT | T autopilo tT | T doppler logs T | T echo sounder T | T electromagnetic logs T | T gps T | T gps errors of system T | T gps ground segmen tT | T gps pseudo range T | T gps space segmen tT | T gps user segmen tT | T gps various dilutions of precision T | T logs T | Chapter 05 : T bulk carrier code T |
4. Chapter 11 : | precautions while handling heavy lifts | Chapter 12 : | Union purchase system | Chapter 13 : | Carriage of coal | | breakage | Chapter 14 : | precautions while handling heavy lifts | Chapter 15 : | Bridge watchkeeping checklists | disembarkation of pilot | waters TSS | anchor watch | checklists | failure | imminent collision or collision | overboard | Hazards of coal | carbon monoxide | oxidation Methane emission | corrosion | spontaneous heating | liquefaction | daily checks | master pilot information exchange | pre departure | deep sea navigation | preparation for arrival port | embarkation changing over watch | restricted visibility | main engine failure | search and rescue | changing over watch | navigating in heavy weather TRS | steering failure | stranding | navigation in coastal anchoring and bridge control telegraph gyro failure compass failure | fire | flooding | navigating in ice | emergency boat liferaft stations | man over board
5. Chapter 16 : | cold work permit | Chapter 17 : | IMDG Freight container code | container packing and certification | Jettisoning | temperature control on dangerous goods | Chapter 18 : | Design for double hull tankers | Chapter 19 : | Drills | Emergency drills | fire drill | oil pollution drill | Chapter 20 : | Drug and alcohol policy |
6. Chapter 21 : | ECDIS | raster charts | Disadvantages of raster charts | vector charts | Disadvantages of vector charts | Chapter 22 : | emergency generator | Chapter 23 : | use of almanac for year plus 1 | Chapter 24 : | enclosed space entry permit | Chapter 25 : | fire wire | Chapter 26 : | first aid for H2S poisoning |
7. Chapter 27 : | foul anchor | foul hawse | fouled by underwater obstruction | fouled with wire cable | Chapter 28 : | GMDSS | classes of emission | DSC routine calling frequencies | Enhanced group calling | EPIRB | EPIRB COSPAS SARSAT | EPIRB frequencies | EPIRB Inmarsat E or L band | EPIRB operation | EPIRB VHF DSC | MSI frequencies | NAVTEX | navtex frequencies | on scene communication frequencies | primary inter ship VHF frequency | primary inter ship VHF frequency | SART | SART frequency | sea areas | Survival craft portable VHF | Chapter 29 : | hot work permit | Chapter 30 : | IAMSAR | IAMSAR appendices | IAMSAR (section 4) man overboard | IAMSAR (section 4) man overboard one turn | IAMSAR (section 4) man overboard Scharnov | IAMSAR (section 4) man overboard Williamson | IAMSAR (section 4) medico | IAMSAR (section 4) medivac | IAMSAR (section 4) Onboard emergencies | track spacing | types of search patterns |
8. Chapter 31 : | meteorology | The atmosphere | adiabatic change | DALR | SALR | barometric tendency | fohn wind effect | met definitions | dew | hoar frost | glased frost | rime | drizzle | rain | snow flakes | ice pellets | hail | sea waves | swell | gust | squall | FOG | Types of fog | radiation fog | advection fog | smog | arctic sea smoke | hill or orographic fog | types of clouds | clouds grouped appearance wise | clouds grouped height wise | buys ballots law | Chapter 32 : | port state control | Chapter 33 : | pyrophoric iron sulphide | Chapter 34 : | requirements for emergency towing | Chapter 35 : | safety committee |
9. Chapter 38 : SOLAS chapters and amendments | buoyant lifelines | buoyant smoke signals | cargo information | class A divisions | class B divisions | class C divisions | construction of life rafts | dangerous goods stowage requirements | defn main vertical zones | defn non combustible material | diameter of and pressure in fire mains | documentation for dangerous goods | explosives on passenger ships | fire hoses | fixed gas fire extinguishing systems | general emergency alarm system | hand flares | HRU on liferaft | immersion suits | lifebuoys | lifejacket lights | lifejackets | liferaft equipment | line throwing apparatus | Markings on liferaft | Markings on liferaft container | miscellaneous | muster list and emergency instructions | nozzles | number and position of hydrants | other life saving appliances | oxygen analysis and gas detection equipm | personal life saving appliances | rocket parachute flares | self activating smoke signal | self igniting lights | solas B pack exempted equipment | SOLAS definitions | standard fire test | survival craft | thermal protective aid | training manual | visual aids | Chapter 39 : | STCW 95 | STCW 95 rest periods | Chapter 40 : | Electro hydraulic steering gear | hunting gear | four ram steering gear | rotary vane steering gear | Chapter 41 : | tugs girding scouring | girding | scouring | Chapter 42 : | LRIT | Introduction | equipment requirements | procedure | Chapter 43 : | Ship re-cycling convention | Background | Requirements | Ship recycling plan
10. Contingencies : rescue action tanks holds | man overboard | collision, grounding flooding | spillage liquid bulk cargoes | machinery equipment failure | helicopter crash emergency landing | acute firstaid | extreme weather | deaths procedure | epidemics | accident prevention dangerous goods | rescue action tanks holds | injury illness | damaged stability | hull damages | calling port refuge | beaching | call stay in area conflict | detention arrest | stowaway | criminal offence | runaway missing crew member | pirates | intoxicating agents drugs | search and rescue actions | towing | requisition of ship | log keeping | general average other inspections | damage to ship equipment | threat of sabotage | hijacking | local war | | abandonment | accident prevention dangerous goods | accommodation fire |