How to Avoid Huge ShipsCornell Maritime Press, 1993 - 112 pagini You are the owner-captain of a luxury fifty-foot trawler motoring across the bay with your family and a few friends one balmy summer evening. Off in the distance, beyond the bridge spanning the waterway, you can make out the lights and shape of a containership moving down the channel. Have you ever wondered what action you must take to keep clear of that fast-approaching ship? This book will tell you how to do so quickly. Conscientious skippers are wise to read this book and discover if a ship's radar will pick up a small boat at night. It is fascinating to learn what is taking place on the bridge or down in the engine room of one of these leviathans as it heads your way. Can it be stopped before it hits you? Learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones by reading this book written for the private boat owner/captain. |
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Introduction | 3 |
Characteristics of Huge Ships | 6 |
Maneuvering Capabilities of Large Ships | 13 |
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16 knots 85 feet Speed aboard the ship ANCHORED SHIP AVOID HUGE SHIPS barge boat captain boat number bridge bulk carrier C/C C/C change course clear close Columbia Center commercial vessels course and speed course change COURSE ORIGINAL COURSE danger Dead Slow Ahead deck Diagram distance drifting engine room feet Beam fishing boat flare-up light following wake full speed Grenville Channel head hull Inside Passage keep large ship loaded Length maneuvering moving navigation nearby night ORIGINAL COURSE C/C overtaking Panama Canal passing path pilot aboard pilot is forced Port Port Ludlow powerboat private boat propeller quickly radar reflectors radar screen rate of speed rudder sailing ship Length ship underway ship you meet ship's SHORELINE side situation small boat smaller vessel starboard steaming stern stop swell towing traffic lanes tugboat turn U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Navy Vessel Traffic Service VHF radio VTS area WATERWAY wave

