NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGEFOR PACIFIC ISLAND MARINERS

RESTRICTED CLASS 6 - MASTER/ENGINEERSPC O21B

LEARNERS GUIDE

SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN/ROC

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL INFORMATION..................................................................................................................51. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................52. PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................5

COURSE INFORMATION.....................................................................................................................61. MODULE NAME .....................................................................................................................62. PREREQUISITES.....................................................................................................................63. COURSE DURATION..............................................................................................................64. ASSESSMENT .........................................................................................................................65. RPL...........................................................................................................................................66. RESOURCES............................................................................................................................6

SECTION 1 VESSEL MANOEUVRING & HANDLING......................................................................7

1. MANOEUVRING CHARACTERISTICS......................................................................................82. EXTERNAL CONDITIONS........................................................................................................15

2.1 TIDES AND CURRENTS.......................................................................................................152.2 HEAVY WEATHER...............................................................................................................162.3 MANOEUVRING AROUND LARGE VESSELS ...................................................................19

3. ANCHORING .............................................................................................................................213.1 PREPARATION .....................................................................................................................213.2 LETTING-GO ANCHOR........................................................................................................213.3 WEIGHING ANCHOR ...........................................................................................................23

4. BERTHING & UNBERTHING ...................................................................................................244.1 BERTHING A SINGLE SCREW VESSEL .............................................................................244.2 BERTHING A TWIN SCREW VESSEL.................................................................................264.3 ALLOWANCES FOR WIND..................................................................................................274.4 UNBERTHING.......................................................................................................................274.5 UNBERTHING IN AN ONSHORE WIND .............................................................................28

5. TOWING OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................29

SECTION 2 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.......................................................................................31

1. MARINE CASUALTIES.............................................................................................................321.1 COLLISIONS .........................................................................................................................321.2 GROUNDINGS.......................................................................................................................34

2. DISABLED VESSEL ..................................................................................................................363. PERSON OVERBOARD .............................................................................................................374. DISTRESS PROCEDURE ...........................................................................................................375. STABILITY ................................................................................................................................38

5.1 FREEBOARD.........................................................................................................................385.2 CENTRE OF GRAVITY.........................................................................................................405.3 FREE SURFACE EFFECT .....................................................................................................415.4 CAPSIZING............................................................................................................................42

SECTION 3 MARINE LEGISLATION PROCEDURES.....................................................................43

1. CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS..............................................................................................442. POLLUTION PREVENTION......................................................................................................44

2.1 DISCHARGE OF OIL.............................................................................................................452.2 DISPOSAL OF GARBAGE ....................................................................................................45

SECTION 4 WEATHER WATCH KEEPING PROCEDURES .................................................................47

1. COMMON TERMS.....................................................................................................................492. WEATHER REPORTS................................................................................................................503. INTERPRETING WEATHER REPORTS........................................................................................51

3.1 THE SYNOPTIC CHART.......................................................................................................513.2 USEFUL METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS..................................................................51

4. TROPICAL REVOLVING STORMS ..........................................................................................524.1 DEVELOPMENT OF THE TROPICAL REVOLVING STORM.............................................524.2 MOVEMENT OF A TROPICAL REVOLVING STORM........................................................534.3 PARTS OF A TROPICAL REVOLVING STORM..................................................................544.4 ACTION TO TAKE WHEN NAVIGATING NEAR A TROPICAL REVOLVING STORM ...554.5 WARNING SIGNS OF BAD WEATHER ..............................................................................55

SECTION 5 WATCHKEEPING...........................................................................................................56

1. THE COLREGS ..........................................................................................................................571.1 APPLICATION OF THE COLREGS......................................................................................571.2 COLREGS PART B - STEERING AND SAILING RULES .....................................................581.3 COLREGS PART C - LIGHTS AND SHAPES .....................................................................611.4 ANNEX 4 : DISTRESS SIGNALS ........................................................................................62

SECTION 6 VESSEL CONSTRUCTION ............................................................................................64

1. DESIGN FEATURES ..................................................................................................................651.1 HULL .....................................................................................................................................65

2. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS ................................................................................................682.1 ALUMINIUM.........................................................................................................................682.2 STEEL....................................................................................................................................682.3 TIMBER .................................................................................................................................692.4 FIBRE REINFORCED PLASTIC............................................................................................692.5 FERRO CEMENT...................................................................................................................70

3. WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY......................................................................................................713.1 MAINTENANCE OF WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY...............................................................733.2 SAFETY PROCEDURES FOR MAINTAINING WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY .....................74

SECTION 7 ROPEWORK....................................................................................................................75

1. FIBRE ROPE...............................................................................................................................761.1 SYNTHETIC FIBRE ROPES...........