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Shallow Contour setting
A contour is a line separating a minimum depth area. For
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The contours are in the value of 5, 10, 15, 20, 30 and so on.
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Very well explained. What about the ports where the tidal
range is high as 4-5 m? For example An aframax vessel of
12.5 m and Depth of channel is 13.6 m. Tide at the time of
transit = 4.5 m so what would be ideal setting on ECDIS???
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Gud day Captain! can you kindly give me your opinion about
these formula which I got from an NK surveyor in Brisbane.
Safety contour = (Draft + UKC) - Height of tide and, Safety
Depth = (Draft + Squat + safety (as per company)) - Height of
tide. thanks for replying, God bless.
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