SQA Navigation 032-73 Navigation July 2006 Staff Answers tay ‘Kani 10) 210) Route is as follows: From Torres Strait Route is through Blyth Entrance to postion 28° 20° S 170° OO, passing South of Bellona Refts andthe submarine volcano in 27° 45'S 169° 09°E. Then by Great Circle track to the Landfall position of iqulque (20° 12'S, 70° 0°) passing close of sa san Ambrosio. 5. When passing trough the Torres Strat there are numerous sands plus the current will run across the vesel track for part of the time. i. Vessel wil pass case to Bellona Reefs, whichis marked as an extensive area of shoals on datasheet Qi(b), ‘i, Vessel will pass close § of a submarine volcano where depths may be uneertan, |v. Isla San Ambrosio wil be passed at close range currents may be N or NW at tis point and veset may be under the influence of SE Trades by this Time therefore a wide berth should be given, ‘The vesse wil nitally encounter the SE Trade winds until vessel reaches Lat 20. ‘Strength may be expected tobe Force 4 but occasional Force 6, 4s vessel approaches coast of§ America winds wil tend tobe more southety. (Over south of 20° and up to approx 40" the winds Become variable and moderate ‘strength. Winds may reach F7 on about 4 days 2 month, South of 40°S vessel will encounter the Westertes or Roaring Forties. Gales are ‘common averaging between 5-10 days per month Initially cloud cover and rainfall wll be minimal although dust haze may be encountered off the N coast of Australia. Fog and mist are common off the Peru ‘Coast In the Variable belt weather fs dependent onthe passage of antcyclones ‘moving Ewarés futher tothe South, Cloud amount and rainfall wil be variable but cloud cover wil increase as the coast ofS America is reached. Rainfall wll be ight. ‘When a the furthest south along the track cloud cover is generally heavy with periods of rain/srow. Visibility may be poor f Northerly winds are encountered. os Dist - Cos long Cos La Cos a+ Sin Lain Ly ~ Cos 119° 50" Cos 28°30" Cos 20°12" + Sn 28°30" Sin 20°12" = 0.41030 + 0.16476 = 0.2455 > Dist- Cos" (0.24550) = 104° 12.8 = 6282.8 ‘QA Ju 2006 Page 1200) To find Initia Course Cos nitial Course = Sin Lat B (Sin Lat Ax Cos Distance) ‘Cou Lat Ax in Distance = Sin. 20°12-(Sin 28°90 x Cos 1 Cos 28°30 xsin 104°12'.8 = SSP 738 = met fl Using Napiers ‘Sin VP = Cos 90-A x Cos Lat & "Cos 90- 57°7.3 x Cos 28°30 weary ‘Therefore Lat Vertax 42° 26'.18, Sin Lat A= Tan 90-4 x Tan 90-P P “Tan 90- = Sin Lat A+ Tan 90:4 © Sin 2830 5 Tan 99 - 577.3 907 = 36°26'.1€ p =SIIN.9E Longitude of Vertex = 136° 26.10 SA Jt 2006 Pagez26) ] & ° To find distance pas off na San Ambrosia Sin 90-P = Tan PV Tan Lat x = Tan 4.56645 x Tan 26°20" 90.P = 2.779 Pe srarae Long of Point x 79° 12.9 W Dong between bland and point 34) Departure = Dlong x Cos Lat 391 x Cos 2670 35.0 mies, ‘esse wil pass 35 mills due Eas of the Islands, SOA Jt 2006 Page3HoT Required chart Datum Sandbank Standard Poct- Darwin “Tidal Information for 24% March Tine [Hage] | igh water [2024 em [Low Water | 0306 @2*)—[0'5m Interval ——[6he 42min From Tidal prediction curve required interval = 1 Hour 15 mia ater HW “Therefore latest time vessel can sil = 20: 24 ws ho 124319 0n 21% March (0) From inspection of Tie Tables, next opportunity for vessel to sll after 23:00 on 22% Aprit occurs atthe PA HW on 3 April when HW achieves 7.0m. HIV occu at 19:08 therefore vessel must sail at 18:48 to pas over the shoal a 19:08 le) «Areas where winds are prevalent fom the same direction over along period of time wil affet tidal Levels, 1+ If there is a protonged onshore wind present there wil be a transfer of water ‘towards the coast thus causing an increase in water level. + Conversely an offshore wind will cause a fallin water levels. Areas where extremes of pressure are evident over a peod of time wil aso have an effect. Extreme iow pressure may see arse in levels white high Dressure may cause a decrease. This i demonstrated with a TRS when ‘extensive flooding may be caused. ‘+ Seasonal changes in weather, te prolonged rainfall or melting snow in spring ‘unning off land may raise dal Level in rivers and estuaries, 0A Jt 2006 Page 443LVM MOT ONY HOIH NaIM3a sai Av 3011 3HL JO IHOH 3H ONIGNI Hos(Q4a There ate three main components of the GMDSS system: ‘Space component: Consists ofa numberof satelite, some in geostationary orbit around the earth, some in polar obits, arranged such that at ary point on the arth’ surface there is one or more satelite above the horizon at ary one ine. ‘Thee satlits maintain e continuous watch on certain distress frequencies (eg 406 ‘Miz EPIRB Satelite) and when a transmission is detected the fnformation i then passed down to dedicated receiving stations on earth, Information frm two or ‘ore satelite allow the postion ofthe transmitter to be determined Ground Based Component: This consists of the satellite receiving stations, Coast Racio Stations and certain Rescue Co-ordination Centres (RCC). ‘These are interlinked and the RCC can usually take contol of any distress situation ‘originated from either satelite o Coastal Radio Station. Receipt of dlstress signals sent on certain specified radio frequencies (OSC channels either VHF, MF or HF) ata coastal radio station can then put SAR assets into action ‘when recelved by the RCC. Certain Coast Rado Stations may beable to receWve all (WHE, HF, HF) frequencies or may only be able to del with VHE/IMP. Coast Radio Stations are designated to transmit on 518 Kz which is the frequency ‘sed to carry NAVTEX information whichis avaiable on a world-wide bast, Mobile Based Componont: These include ships and aircraft and the ommunications equipment that they require to have onboard depends on the area ‘of operation of the unit All vesels must now carry satelite EPIRB plus NAVTEXrecelvers. Other equipment may be VHF, ME, HF or Satelite communications or telex. > The concept of sea areas are used to determine the type of equipment require: [Sea Area AT [An area where any vessel wil always be Fange (O-¥O mikes) ] ‘of a VF DSC Coast Staton : ‘SeaArea AL [An Area were any vessel wil ways be ange (100 150 miles of an MF DSC Coast Staton (Excluding Area 1) Sea Area A [An area where any vessel wil be within coverage of a INMARSAT Communications satellite (Excluding At and A2) Within the limits of tattudes 70° and 70. Sea res Mt area ot covered by At, AD, A3. (Polar region). 4 Vessel wil be transiting areas At, A2 and A3 therefore equipment required will be as fellows: + VHF Radio (05C.Ch 70, 16,13, 6 + 2SARTS + Navtex Receiver 406 Wiz oF 1.6 GHrEPIRB Pus ‘+ INMARSAT ship station [ME Ral installation + NF DSC watch recelver or 1 MEVHE Radio Intllation ‘© MFIHE DSc Watch Receiver INMARSAT ship station SOA Jul 2006 Pages5a) See Plotting Sheet a5) [ 1 Speed [cpa ropa [pee Target 5 Kots_| Zero | 0:17 RD “Target 6 TOKns_| TOmiles_| 09227 | sa Target FES Kris | Zero | 09:36 Ra le) _Inaccordance withthe RPCS unable t alter course to Sthé or Port therefore change ‘of speed only option. Unlikely to want to increase speed in dene fg so speed reduction only alternative. Reduction in speed to 4 hnots at 0946 wil ensure that all targets pas ouside 2am, SQA Ju 2006 Page 6032-73 NAVIGATION ‘WORKSHEET Qs 4 TULy 2006 (This Worlahect mast be retuned with your answer book) RADAR PLOTTING SHEET