‫‪Coast‬‬

‫‪alNavi‬‬
‫‪gat‬‬
‫‪i‬‬‫‪onI‬‬
‫‪I‬‬
‫ﺩ‬
‫ﺍ‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﻌ‬
‫ﺪﺗ‬‫ﺍﺣ‬
‫ﻭ‬‫‪:‬‬‫‪3‬‬
‫ﺩ‬‫ﺍ‬
‫ﺪ‬‫ﻌ‬‫ﺎﻋﺖﺗ‬
‫‪:‬ﺳ‬‫‪64‬‬
‫ﺮﻱ‬
‫ﻧﻈ‬ ‫‪:‬‬
‫ﺎﻋﺖ‪32‬‬‫ﺳ‬
‫ﻠﯽ‬
‫ﻤ‬‫‪:‬ﻋ‬‫ﺎﻋﺖ‪32‬‬‫ﺳ‬

‫ﻓﺼﻞ‬
‫ﺮ‬‫‪:‬ﺳ‬
‫ﻭﺵ‪ETA‬ﻭ‪EDT‬‬ ‫ﻔﻆﺭ‬ ‫ﺎﻥﺣ‬ ‫ﻣ‬‫ﺭﺯ‬‫ﺎﻃﻖﺩ‬‫ﻨ‬‫ﻠﻒﻣ‬ ‫ﺘ‬
‫ﻧﯽﻣﺨ‬ ‫ﺎ‬‫ﻣ‬‫ﺭﺯ‬‫ﺎﺩ‬‫ﯾ‬
‫ﺭ‬‫ﺩ‬‫‪،‬‬‫ﺎﻥ‬‫ﻣ‬‫ﺩﺯ‬‫ﺭ‬‫ﺍ‬
‫ﺪ‬‫ﻧ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﺘ‬‫ﺍﺳ‬‫‪،‬‬‫ﺎﻥ‬‫ﻣ‬‫ﯾﭻﺯ‬‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﻨ‬‫ﯾ‬
‫ﺮ‬‫ﮔ‬‫‪،‬‬‫ﺎﻥ‬‫ﻣ‬‫ﻠﯽﺯ‬ ‫ﻣﺤ‬‫‪،‬‬
‫ﻪ‬‫ﺒ‬‫ﺎﺳ‬‫ﺭﻣﺤ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻖﺩ‬ ‫ﻨ‬‫ﻣ‬
‫ﻧﯽ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﻣ‬‫ﻠﻒﺯ‬ ‫ﺘ‬‫ﻣﺨ‬
‫ﺎﻱ‪−‬‬ ‫ﻬ‬‫ﻧ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﯾ‬
‫ﺮ‬‫ﺑﯽﺟ‬ ‫(ﺁ‬‫ﺮﻱ‬ ‫ﺎﻋﺖ‪12‬ﻧﻈ‬ ‫‪،‬ﺳ‬‫ﻠﯽ‬‫ﻤ‬‫ﺎﻋﺖ‪10‬ﻋ‬ ‫)ﺳ‬
‫ﺮﻱ‬‫ﺎﻱﻧﻈ‬ ‫ﻬ‬‫ﻧ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﯾ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﺑﯽﺟ‬ ‫ﺁ‬‫ﺎﻱﻭ‬ ‫ﻭﻫ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﯿ‬‫ﻠﻒﻧ‬‫ﺘ‬‫ﮑﻞﻣﺨ‬ ‫ﻩﺷ‬ ‫ﺪ‬‫ﻨ‬
‫ﺎﻱﺩﻫ‬ ‫ﻬ‬
‫ﻧ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﯾ‬
‫ﺮ‬‫ﺑﯽﺟ‬ ‫ﺁ‬
‫‪،‬‬‫ﺎﻁ‬‫ﺒ‬‫ﺗ‬‫ﺭ‬
‫ﺍ‬‫ﯿﻦ‬‫ﺎﻱﺑ‬‫ﻬ‬‫ﻧ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﯾ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﺑﯽﺟ‬ ‫ﺁ‬ ‫ﺎﻱﻭ‬‫ﺯﻫ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﻠﻒﻓ‬ ‫ﺘ‬‫ﻣﺨ‬
‫ﻩ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻣ‬ ‫‪،‬‬‫ﻡ‬‫ﻮ‬‫ﻬ‬‫ﻔ‬‫ﺭﻣ‬‫ﺬ‬‫‪،‬ﺪﻭﺟ‬ ‫ﻣ‬
‫ﻭ‬‫‪.‬‬‫‪.‬‬
‫‪.‬‬‫‪،‬‬‫ﯿﺶ‬ ‫ﻨﯽﭘ‬ ‫ﯿ‬
‫‪Spr‬ﻭ‪Neap‬ﺑ‬ ‫‪i‬‬
‫ﺎﻱ‪ng‬‬ ‫ﻬ‬‫ﻧ‬
‫ﺎ‬‫ﯾ‬
‫ﺮ‬‫ﺑﯽﺟ‬ ‫ﺁ‬‫‪،‬‬
‫(‬‫‪Char‬‬ ‫‪tDat‬‬‫ﺎﻉ) ‪um‬‬ ‫ﻔ‬‫ﺗ‬
‫ﺭ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﻮﺝ‬‫ﻣ‬‫‪،‬‬‫ﻪ‬‫ﻨ‬‫ﻣ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﻮﺝﺩ‬‫ﻣ‬ ‫‪،‬‬‫ﺪﺕ‬ ‫ﻭﺏﻭﻣ‬ ‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻨ‬‫ﺗ‬
‫ﺍﺝ‬‫ﻮ‬‫ﻣ‬‫ﺍ‬‫‪،‬‬‫ﺭ‬‫ﺬ‬‫ﻊﺟ‬ ‫ﺮﺟ‬‫ﻣ‬
‫‪Spr‬ﻭ‬ ‫‪i‬‬‫ﺍﻱ‪ng‬‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﻪﺑ‬‫ﯿ‬‫ﻬ‬‫ﺎﻥﺗ‬‫ﻣ‬‫ﺩﻭﺯ‬ ‫ﻭ‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﺭﺣ‬‫ﺬ‬‫ﺪﻭﺟ‬ ‫ﯿﻦﻭﻣ‬‫ﻨ‬‫ﻤﭽ‬ ‫ﻪﻫ‬‫ﻨ‬‫ﻣ‬‫ﺍ‬
‫‪Ti‬ﺩ‬‫‪deTabl‬‬ ‫ﺎﻱ‪es‬‬‫ﻬ‬‫ﻧ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﯾ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﺑﯽﺟ‬ ‫ﺁ‬‫ﺭ‬‫ﺭﺩ‬‫ﺩ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﻨ‬
‫ﻠﯽﺑ‬ ‫ﺍﺻ‬ ‫ﻭ‬
‫ﺮﻋﯽ‬ ‫ﻓ‬‫‪،‬‬‫ﺯ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﻩﻃ‬‫ﺩ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﻔ‬‫ﺘ‬‫ﺍﺳ‬ ‫ﺯ‬
‫ﺍ‬
‫ﺭ‬‫ﺭﺩ‬ ‫ﺩ‬
‫ﺎ‬‫ﻨ‬‫ﻠﯽﺑ‬‫ﺍﺻ‬ ‫ﺮﻋﯽﻭ‬ ‫ﻓ‬‫‪.Neap‬‬
‫‪PassagePl‬‬ ‫‪anni‬‬‫ﻧﺶ)‪ng‬‬ ‫ﺍ‬‫ﺍﺣﯽﺩ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﺮﻃ‬ ‫ﯿ‬
‫()ﻣﺴ‬ ‫ﺮﻱ‬ ‫ﺎﻋﺖ‪18‬ﻧﻈ‬ ‫‪،‬ﺳ‬ ‫ﻠﯽ‬‫ﻤ‬‫ﺎﻋﺖ‪20‬ﻋ‬ ‫)ﺳ‬
‫ﯾﯽ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﻨ‬‫ﺁﺷ‬ ‫ﺎ‬
‫ﺍﺕﺑ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﺎﺷﯽﺧﻄ‬ ‫ﺯﻧ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﻩ‬‫ﺩ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻔ‬‫ﺘ‬‫ﺍﺳ‬‫ﺯ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﻼﻢ‬
‫ﯾﯽﻋﺋ‬ ‫ﺎ‬‫ﯾ‬‫ﺭ‬
‫ﺭﺩ‬ ‫ﻭ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻨ‬‫‪،‬ﺷ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﯿﺶﺧﻄ‬ ‫ﺯﺑ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﯾﮏﺣ‬ ‫ﺩ‬‫ﺰ‬‫ﺪﻥﻧ‬ ‫ﻪﺷ‬ ‫ﻼﻢﺑ‬
‫ﯾﯽﻋﺋ‬ ‫ﺎ‬‫ﯾ‬‫ﺭ‬‫ﺩ‬
‫‪،‬‬
‫ﻩ‬‫ﺩ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﻔ‬‫ﺘ‬
‫ﺍﺳ‬ ‫ﺯ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﻼﻢ‬
‫ﺎﻋﺋ‬ ‫ﻤ‬ ‫ﻨ‬
‫ﺍﻫ‬‫ﺎﻱﻭﺭ‬ ‫ﯾ‬‫ﺍ‬
‫ﻭ‬‫ﺯ‬
‫‪،‬‬‫‪PLANNI‬‬ ‫‪NG،‬‬ ‫‪APPRAI‬‬ ‫ﻣﻞ‪SAL‬‬ ‫ﺎ‬‫ﺮ‪PASSAGEPLAN‬ﺷ‬ ‫ﻘﯽﺧﻄ‬ ‫ﻓ‬
‫ﺍ‬‫ﺩﻱﻭ‬ ‫ﻮ‬‫ﻤ‬‫ﺭﻋ‬ ‫ﺍﺣﯽﺩ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﺮﻃ‬ ‫ﯿ‬
‫ﻣﺴ‬ ‫‪،‬‬‫ﻧﺶ‬ ‫ﺍ‬‫ﺩ‬
‫ﺍﺣﯽ‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﺮﻃ‬ ‫ﯿ‬
‫ﻣﺴ‬
‫‪MONI‬‬ ‫‪TORI‬‬ ‫‪EXECUTI‬ﻭ‪NG‬‬ ‫‪ON،‬‬ ‫ﻩ‬
‫ﺩ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﻔ‬
‫ﺘ‬‫ﺍﺳ‬ ‫ﺯ‬
‫ﺍ‬‫ﺎﺕ‬ ‫ﯾ‬
‫ﺮ‬‫ﻠﻒﻧﺸ‬ ‫ﺘ‬‫ﺭﻣﺨ‬‫ﺍﺣﯽﺩ‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﺮﻃ‬‫ﯿ‬‫ﻣﺴ‬ ‫ﺩ‪،‬‬
‫ﺮﺭ‬ ‫ﺘﻦﻧﻈ‬ ‫ﻓ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﻣﻞﮔ‬ ‫ﺍ‬
‫ﻮ‬‫ﻠﻒﻋ‬ ‫ﺘ‬‫ﻣﺨ‬
‫ﻬﺖ‬ ‫ﺍﺣﯽﺟ‬ ‫ﺮ‬
‫ﺮﻃ‬ ‫ﯿ‬
‫ﻣﺴ‬
‫‪۷‬‬‫‪۹‬‬
‫ﺯ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﻪ‬‫ﻠ‬‫ﮑ‬‫ﺍﺳ‬ ‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻪﺗ‬‫ﻠ‬
‫ﮑ‬ ‫ﺍﺳ‬‫‪،‬‬‫ﺍﺷﺖ‬ ‫ﺩ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﺎﺕﯾ‬ ‫ﺍﻃﻼﻋ‬ ‫ﻻﻡ‬
‫ﺮﺯ‬ ‫ﻭﻱﺑ‬‫ﻪﺭ‬‫ﻘﺸ‬ ‫‪،‬ﻩﻧ‬
‫ﺍ‬
‫ﻩﺭ‬ ‫ﺩ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻔ‬‫ﺘ‬‫ﺍﺳ‬‫ﺯ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺎﻱ‬‫ﻬ‬
‫ﮑ‬‫ﯿ‬‫ﺘ‬‫ﮐ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻻﻡﺗ‬
‫ﺭﺯ‬ ‫ﺎﻥﺩ‬‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﻭﺝﺯ‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﺯﺧ‬‫ﺍ‬ ‫ﺭ‬‫ﺪ‬
‫ﻨ‬‫ﺑ‬‫‪،‬‬
‫ﮕﯽ‬ ‫ﻧ‬‫ﻮ‬‫ﮕ‬‫ﯾﺶﭼ‬ ‫ﺎ‬‫ﺮﭘ‬ ‫ﯿ‬
‫ﻭﻣﺴ‬
‫ﺎﺕ‬‫ﻣ‬ ‫ﺍ‬
‫ﺪ‬‫ﻗ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺍﺻﻼﺣﯽ‬ ‫ﺍﻱ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﻪﺑ‬‫ﻧ‬
‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﮔ‬
‫ﺮ‬‫ﺮﻫ‬ ‫ﯿ‬‫ﯿ‬
‫ﻐ‬‫ﺭﺗ‬‫ﺮﺩ‬‫ﯿ‬
‫ﺍﺣﯽﻣﺴ‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﻩﻃ‬ ‫ﺪ‬‫‪،‬ﺷ‬‫ﻩ‬‫ﺩ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻔ‬‫ﺘ‬‫ﺍﺳ‬‫ﺯ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺎﻱ‬‫ﻬ‬
‫ﻬ‬‫ﻘﺸ‬‫ﻠﻒﻧ‬ ‫ﺘ‬‫ﺭﻣﺨ‬ ‫ﺍﺣﯽﺩ‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﺮﻃ‬ ‫ﯿ‬‫ﻣﺴ‬
‫ﺎﻃﻖ‬ ‫ﻨ‬
‫ﻠﻒﻣ‬ ‫ﺘ‬‫ﯾﯽﻣﺨ‬ ‫ﺎ‬‫ﯾ‬
‫ﺭ‬‫(ﺩ‬ ‫ﻮﺹ‬ ‫ﺑﺨﺼ‬
‫ﻪ‬‫ﻘ‬‫ﻨﻄ‬‫ﯿﺞﻣ‬ ‫ﻠ‬‫ﺭﺱﺧ‬ ‫ﺎ‬
‫ﻓ‬ ‫)‬
‫‪،‬‬‫ﺎﺕ‬ ‫ﯾ‬
‫ﻮ‬ ‫ﺘ‬
‫ﻪﻣﺤ‬ ‫ﯿ‬‫ﻣ‬‫ﺍﻋﻼ‬‫ﺎﻱ‬‫ﺩﻱﺩﻫ‬ ‫ﺭ‬‫ﻮ‬‫ﻧ‬‫ﺎ‬
‫ﯾ‬‫ﺭﺭ‬‫ﻮ ﺹﺩ‬‫ﺍﺣﯽﺧﺼ‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﺮﻃ‬‫ﯿ‬‫(ﻣﺴ‬ ‫ﻨﯽ‬‫ﻤ‬
‫ﯾ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺩﻱ‬ ‫ﺭ‬‫ﻮ‬‫ﻧ‬
‫ﺎ‬‫ﯾ‬‫ﺭ‬‫ﺩ‬‫)‬
‫‪،‬‬‫ﻩ‬ ‫ﺩ‬
‫ﺎ‬‫ﻔ‬‫ﺘ‬
‫ﺍﺳ‬
‫ﺯ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺭ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺩ‬
‫ﺍ‬‫ﺭﺭ‬‫ﺍﺣﯽﺩ‬ ‫ﺮ‬
‫ﺮﻃ‬ ‫ﯿ‬‫ﻣﺴ‬
‫(‬‫ﯿﮏ‬ ‫ﻨ‬
‫ﮑ‬‫ﺎﺧ ﺺﺗ‬ ‫ﺯﻱﺷ‬ ‫ﺍ‬
‫ﻮ‬‫(ﻣ‬
‫‪Bl‬‬‫‪i‬‬‫‪ndPi‬‬ ‫‪l‬‬
‫‪ot‬‬‫(ﻭ‪age‬‬ ‫‪Par‬‬ ‫‪al‬‬
‫‪l‬‬‫‪el‬‬‫‪I‬‬‫)‪ndex‬‬‫‪،‬‬‫ﻩ‬‫ﺩ‬‫ﺎ‬‫ﻔ‬
‫ﺘ‬‫ﺍﺳ‬‫ﺯ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺎﻱ‬‫ﻬ‬‫ﮑ‬‫ﯿ‬‫ﻨ‬
‫ﮑ‬‫ﻠﻒﺗ‬ ‫ﺘ‬
‫ﺍﺣﯽﻣﺨ‬ ‫ﺮ‬‫ﺮﻃ‬ ‫ﯿ‬
‫(ﻣﺴ‬ ‫ﺎﻱ‬‫ﻬ‬
‫ﺑ‬‫ﺁ‬ ‫ﺩ‬
‫ﻭ‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﻣﺤ‬ ‫‪،‬‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﯾ‬‫ﺩ‬
‫ﺩ‬‫ﻭ‬‫ﺪ‬‫ﻣﺤ‬ ‫‪،‬‬‫ﺎﻃﻖ‬ ‫ﻨ‬
‫ﺎﻣ‬‫ﯿﮏﺑ‬ ‫ﻓ‬‫ﺍ‬‫ﺮ‬‫ﯿﻦﺗ‬‫ﮕ‬‫ﻨ‬
‫‪.‬ﺳ‬
 Voyagepl
anni
ng
Shi
ppingcar
gofrom oneportt
oanotherinvol
vescoordinat
edworkingof
sev
eraloper
ati
onsofbothlandandshipstaff
.Oneoft hemostint
egral
par
tsofashippi
ngoperat
ionsisthecargoorvoyageplanni
ng,whichis
mainl
yundert
akenbyanav i
gati
onaloff
icerofaship.

Apassagepl anisacompr ehensiv

e, berthtobert
hguide,devel
opedand
usedbyav essel
’sbri
dget eam todet erminethemostfavorabl
eroute,t
o
i
dentif
ypot enti
alprobl
emsorhazar dsal ongtherout
e,andtoadoptBr i
dge
ManagementPr acti
cestoensur ethev essel’
ssafepassage.SOLAS
Chapter5,Annexes24&25t i
tl
ed“ Voy agePlanni
ng”and“ Gui
deli
nesfor
voyageplanning”respecti
vely,
givespeci fi
cregul
ator
yinformati
onwi t
h
regar
dt othepassagepl an.

Passageplanni
ngincl
udesacompletedescr
ipt
ionoftheship’
spassage
whichisprepar
edbyanexperi
enceddeckoffi
ceroft
heship.Thisi
sdone
toensurethatt
heshipst
ickst
otherequir
edroutesf
orreachingt
heportof
desti
nati
on.
Whil
emaki ngapassagepl an,
theoff
icermustkeepinmindt
hattheshi
p
mustreachthedestinat
ionsafebyabidi
ngtobothlocal
andi
nter
nati
onal
r
ulesandregulat
ions.

I
nt hi
sart
icle,
wewill
discusst
hebasi
candessent
ial
stagesofshi
p’
s
passageplanni
ng.

Shi
pPassagePl
anni
ng–Essent
ialSt
eps
Aship’
spassagepl
anni
ngi
nvol
ves4maj
orst
eps/
stages.Theyar
eas
f
oll
ows:

1.Appr
aisal

2.Pl
anni
ng

3.Execut
ion

4.Moni
tor
ing
Eachstageint
hepassagepl
anni
nghasitsownimport
anceandi
tis
extr
emelyimpor
tantt
ocarr
youteachoneofthem wi
thut
mostcareandup
-t
o-dat
eseamanshipt
oensureasafesai
l
.

Inthestart
, aroughesti
mat eismadeoft hewhol esai
li
ngpr ocess.Once
theroughpl anisready,i
tisfur
thertweakedandmodi fi
ed/refi
ned
consideri
ngv ari
ousdetail
sobtainedfrom chart
s,pi
lotbook,weat her
routi
ngetc.Thesepr ocessesarecarri
edoutt hr
oughouttheappr aisal
and
planningstages.

I
nt henexttwostagesi.
e.,ex
ecuti
onandmoni t
ori
ng,t
heplanisusedasa
guidel
ine,
andthesail
ingisexecutedtaki
ngi
ntoconsi
der
ationvar
ious
factor
s,bothobser
vedandpr edi
cted.

Eachaspectofpassagepl
anni
nghasbeenexpl
ainedi
ndet
ail
bel
ow:

Appr
aisal

Inthi
sst age,themast eroftheshi
pdi scusseswi t
ht hechiefnav igat i
ng
offi
cer(usuallytheSecondMat e),astohowhei ntendst osailtot he
desti
nationpor t
.(Insomecasesi tmayber equir
edf orthemast ert oplan
thepassage) .Thisistheprocessofgat her
ingalli
nformat i
onr elev antto
theproposedpassage, i
ncludi
ngascer t
aini
ngr i
sksandassessi ngi ts
cri
ti
calar eas.Thisinv
olvesinf
ormationextractedfrom publicati
onsaswel l
asthosewi t
hinthechart.Theappraisalwil
lincl
udedet ail
sfrom:

 ChartCatal
ogue
 Charts
 OceanPassagesoft heWorld
 RouteingCharts
 Admiralt
ySaili
ngDirecti
ons
 Admiralt
yListofLightsandFogSi
gnal
s
 Admiralt
yListofRadi oSi
gnal
s
 Ti
deTabl es
 Ti
dal Str
eam Atlas
 Noti
cest oMariners
  Admi r
alt
yDistanceTables
 ShipsRouteing
 Nav i
gati
onalWarnings
 Mar i
ner’
sHandbook
 LoadLineChar t
 DraftofShip
 Owner sandothersources
 PersonalExperi
ence

Takingintoconsi
derat
ionmaster’
sgui
del
i
nes,company’
sguidel
ines,
ship’
s
cargo,marineenvi
ronment,andal
lot
herf
act
orsthatmayaff
ecttheship,
thenavigati
ngoff
icerdrawsuponagener
alt
rack,whi
chtheshipshal
l
fol
low.

Fortheeaseofplanni
ng,t
hisplani
sf i
rstl
aidoutonasmall
scal
echar
t,
whichisl
atert
ransfer
redt
ol ar
gerscalechart
s,andt
henminor
modifi
cati
onsaremadeasandwhendeemednecessar y.

Pl
anni
ng

Hav i
ngmadeaf ul
l appr
aisalusingallinfor
mat i
onathandper tai
ningtothe
passage,theOOW, undertheaut hori
tyoftheMast eri
stoprepar ea
detai
ledplanforthepassage.I nt hi
sstage,theint
endedcour sesofthe
shipsareactual
lylaidoutont hechar tsofsuit
ablescal
eandal l
additi
onal
i
nformationismar ked.Theplani slaidoutfrom pi
ertopier
,includingthe
pil
otagewaters.

Iti
sagoodpr acti
cetomarkdangerousar
eassuchasnearbywrecks,
shall
owwater,reef
s,small
isl
ands,
emergencyanchor
ageposi
ti
ons, and
anyotheri
nformati
onthatmightai
dsafenavi
gati
on.
I
naddit
iontot
heabove-
mentionedt
hings,i
sitadvi
sabl
etolay
outtherat
e
oft
urnforway
poi
ntsandlay
ingoutofPIrangesforsui
tabl
eobject
s,i
fany.

Repor
ti
ngareasshoul
dalsobecl
ear
lymar
kedont
hechar
ts.El
ement
sof
thePl
anni
ngphaseincl
ude:

 No-Goareas
 Marginsofsafety
 ChartedTracks
 Coursealt
erationsandwheel
overpoi
nts
 Paral
lelI
ndexing
 AbortsandCont ingenci
es
 Cl
earingli
neandbear i
ngs
  Leadingli
nes
 Tidesandcur r
ent
 Changei nenginest
atus
 Minimum UKC
 UseofEchoSounder
 HeadMar k
 NaturalTransi
t

Aborts: Whenappr oachingconstr

ainedwaters,thevesselmightbeina
positi
onbey ondwhi chthereisnopossibleacti
onbutt oproceed.For
exampl e,t
hev esselentersanareasonar r
owt hatthereisnoroom to
ret
urn.Itisforthi
spur posethatapositi
onisdrawnont hechartshowing
thelastpointwher ei
nthepassagecanbeabor ted.

Contingencies:Thebr idgeteam mustal way sbeawar ethattheev ents

mightnotgoaspl annedandt hatemer gencyact i
onmi ghtber equi r
ed.
Contingencypl ansaccountf orsuchsituations,clearl
yshownont hechart
sothatt heOOW cant akeswi f
tacti
oni nsuchaj am.Cont i
ngencypl anni
ng
wil
lincludealternati
ver out
es,safeanchorages,wait
ingar
eas,emergencybert
hs.

Execut
ion

Inthisstage, t
henav i
gatingoffi
cersexecut etheplanthathasbeen
prepared.Af t
erdepar ture,thespeedi sadjustedbasedont heETAandt he
expect edweat herandoceanogr aphicconditi
ons.Thespeedshoul dbe
adjustedsucht hattheshi pisnoteithertooearlyorlateatitsportof
destinati
on.TheMast ershouldfindouthowl onghisintendedv oyagei
s,
account i
ngf orwat erandf uelavail
able.Alsotobet akenintoaccountare
anyexpect edweat herchangesal ongt heway .I
ncaseandECDI Sisbei
ng
used, appropri
at eli
mitsmustbesetwi thregardtothesaf etysett
ings.

Moni
tor
ing

Moni
tor
ingi
sthataspectwhi
cht
akesi
ntoaccountchecki
ngoft
heposi
ti
on
ofthev essel,sucht hatitremainswithi
nthesaf edi st
ancefrom anydanger
areas.Par all
elIndexingcanbeusedt omai nt
ainsaf edist
ancealongside
anyhazar dst onav i
gat i
on.Asaf eandsuccessfulv oyagecanonlybe
achievedbycl oseandcont i
nuousmonitori
ngoft heshi p’
sprogressalong
thepre-plannedt racks.Situati
onsmayar i
sewher eint henavi
gati
ngof fi
cer
mightf eelitprudentt odev i
atefr
om theplan.Insuchcase, heshal l
inf
orm
themast erandt akeanyact ionthathemaydeem necessar yforthesafety
oftheshi pandi t
screw.Thi sstageisaveryimpor tantstagewher ei
nallthe
deckof fi
cer scontri
but etheirpar
ttoexecutethepl an.Thiscal
lsfor
personal j
udgement ,goodseamanshi pandexper ience.

Annex24-Voy
agePl
anni
ng
TheAnnextoIMOResolut
ionA.
893(
21)(SeeANNEX25) ,
“Gui
del
inesforVoyage
Pl
anni
ng”,shoul
dbefol
l
owedonallvessel
s.Thekeyel
ementsoftheVoyagePlanar
e:

Appraisingallr
elevantinf
ormati
on
Planni
ngt heintendedv oyage
Executingtheplant aki
ngaccountofpr
evail
ingcondi
ti
ons
Monitoringthev essel’
sprogr
essagai
nsttheplancont
inuousl
y

Thesenotesshoul
dber
eadi
nconj
unct
ionwi
tht
heI
MOGui
del
i
nesf
orVoy
age
Pl
anning.

1.
)Gener
al
Investigat
ionsshowthathumaner rorcontributesto80%ofnav i
gat i
onalacci
dent
sand
thatinmanycasesessent ialinf
ormationthatcouldhav epr
ev entedt heacci
dentwas
availabletobutnotusedbyt hoseresponsibleforthenavi
gati
onoft hevessels
concer ned.Mostaccident
shappenbecauseofsi mplemist
akesi nuseofnav igat
ional
equipmentandi nter
pretat
ionoftheav ai
lableinfor
mat i
on,r
athert hanbecauseofany
deficiencyinbasi
cnav i
gat
ionalski
llsorabili
tytouseequipment .

Mast
ers,skipper
sandwat chkeeper
sshoul
dtheref
oreadheret
otheIMOGuidel
i
nes
t
aki
ngthef oll
owingmeasurestoensur
ethattheyappr
eciat
eandreducet
heri
skst
o
whi
chtheyar eexposed:

a)ensur
ethatal
lthevessel
’
snav
igat
ioni
spl
annedi
nadequat
edet
ail
wit
hcont
ingency
pl
answhereappropri
ate;

b)ensur
ethatt
her
eisasy
stemat
icbr
idgeor
gani
sat
iont
hatpr
ovi
desf
or:

i
)compr
ehensi
vebr
ief
ingofal
lconcer
nedwi
tht
henav
igat
ionoft
hev
essel
;

i
i)closeandcont
inuousmonit
ori
ngoft
hevessel’
sposi
ti
onensur
ingasfaraspossibl
e
thatdif
fer
entmet
hodsofdetermi
ningt
heposi
tionar
eusedtocheckagainster
rori
n
anyonesy st
em;

i
ii
)cross-checki
ngofi
ndivi
dualhumandeci
sionssot
hater
ror
scanbedet
ect
edand
cor
rectedasearlyaspossi
ble;

i
v)infor
mationavai
l
ablef
rom pl
otsofothert
raff
ici
susedcar
eful
l
ytoensureagai
nst
over-
confi
dence,
beari
ngi
nmi ndthatot
hervessel
smayalt
ercour
seand/orspeed

c)ensur
ethatopt
imum andsyst
emati
cusei smadeofal
lappr
opr
iat
einf
ormat
iont
hat
becomesavail
abl
etot
henav i
gat
ional
staf
f;and

d)ensuri
ngt
hatthei
ntent
ionsofapi
l
otar
eful
l
yunder
stoodandaccept
abl
etot
he
vessel
’
snavi
gati
onal
staff
.

2.
)Responsi
bil
it
yforVoy
agepl
anni
ng

I
nmostdeep- seav essel st hemast erdelegatestheinit
ialr
esponsi bil
i
tyf orpr epari
ng
thepl anf orav oyaget ot heoffi
cerr esponsiblefornavi
gati
onalequi pmentand
publications(her eafterr eferr
edt oast henav igat
ingoff
icer.
)Onsmal lerv essels,
i
ncludi ngf i
shingv essel s, t
hemast erorski ppermayhav et
heresponsi bil
ityoft he
navigat i
ngof ficerforv oy ageplanningpur poses.Priort
odepar t
ur ethenav igati
ng
offi
cerwi l
lprepar ethedet ail
edv oyagepl anfrom bert
ht obert
hi naccor dancewi ththe
Guidel i
nesandt ot hemast er
’srequirement s.Ift
heportofdestinationi snotknownor
i
ssubsequent lyaltered, thenavigatingoff i
cermustextendoramendt heor igi
nalplan
asappr opriat
e.
3.
)Pr
inci
plesofVoy
agepl
anni
ng

Thef ourst
agesofApprai
sal,
Planni
ng,Executi
onandMoni t
oringlogi
callyfol
l
oweach
other.Anapprai
salofal
li
nformati
onavail
ablemustbemadebef oredetail
edplanscan
bedr awnupandapl anmustbeinexist
encebef or
etacticsforit
sexecut i
oncanbe
decidedupon.Oncetheplanandthemanneri nwhichitistobeexecut edhavebeen
decided,moni
tori
ngmustbecar r
iedouttoensurethattheplanisf ol
l
owed.

4.)Appr
aisalisthepr
ocessofgat her
ingal
li
nfor
mati
onrel
evanttothepr
oposed
voyage,
includi
ngascert
ainingr
isksandassessi
ngi
tscr
iti
calar
eas.TheGui
deli
nesl
i
st
theit
emst hatshoul
dbet akeni
ntoaccount.

Anov erallassessmentoft hei nt

endedv oyageshouldbemadebyt hemast er,in
consul tati
onwi ththenav igatingof f
icerandot herdeckof f
icerswhowi ll
bei nvolved,
aft
eral lr
elevantinformationhasbeengat hered.Thisappraisal wil
lprovidethemast er
andhi sbr i
dget eam wi thacl earandpr eciseindicati
onofal lareasofdanger ,
and
delineatet heareasi nwhichi twi l
lbepossi bletonav i
gatesafelytakingintoaccountt he
calculateddr aughtoft hev essel andplannedunder -
keelcl
ear ance.Bearinginmi ndthe
condi ti
onoft hev essel,herequi pmentandanyot hercir
cumst ances, abalanced
j
udgementoft hemar ginsofsaf etywhi chmustbeal l
owedi nt hevarioussect i
onsof
thei ntendedv oyagecannowbemade, agreedandunder stoodbyal lconcerned.

Onceaf ullapprai
salhasbeencarri
edoutt henavigati
ngoffi
cercarr
iesoutthePlanning
process,acti
ngont hemaster’
sinst
ructi
ons.Thedet ail
edplanshouldcoverthewhole
voyage,f
r om bert
htoberth,
andincludeallwaterswher eapil
otwill
beonboar d.The
planshouldbecompl etedandincl
udealltherelevantfact
orsli
stedintheGuidel
ines.

Theappr opriat
echar t
sshouldbemar kedclear l
yshowi ngallar
easofdangerandt he
i
nt endedtracktakingint
oaccountt hemar ginsofal l
owabl eerr
or.Whereappr opri
ate,
duer egardshouldbepai dtotheneedf oradv ancedwar ni
ngtobegi venononechar tof
theexistenceofanav i
gati
onalhazardimmedi atelyont ransf
ertothenext .Theplanned
trackshouldbepl ott
edt ocl
earhazardsatassaf eadi stanceasci r
cumstancesal l
ow.
Al ongerrouteshouldalwaysbeaccept edinpr eferencet oashortermorehazar dous
route.Thepossibili
tyofmainengineorst eeringgearbr eakdownatacr i
ti
calmoment
mustnotbeov erlooked.

Addi
ti
onal
inf
ormat
ionwhi
chshoul
dbemar
kedont
hechar
tsi
ncl
ude:

 Allr
adar
-conspi
cuousobj
ect
sandRACONs,
whi
chmaybeusedi
nradarposi
ti
on
fi
xi
ng.

 Anytr
ansitmarks,cl
eari
ngbearingsorcleari
ngr anges(radar)whichmaybe
usedtoadvant
age.Itissometimespossiblet ousetwoconspi cuousclear
ing
markswherealinedrawnthroughthem runscl earofnatural
danger swit
hthe
appr
opri
atemar gi
nofsafety;i
fthevesselproceedsont hesaf esideofthi
s
tr
ansi
tshewill
becl earoft
hedanger .I
fnocl eari
ngmar ksareav ail
abl
e,ali
neor
 l
inesofbeari
ngfr
om asingleobj
ectmaybedr
awnatadesi
redsaf
edistance
fr
om thedanger
;provi
dedthevesselr
emai
nsi
nthesaf
esegment,
itwil
lbeclear
ofthedanger
.Paral
lel
indexli
nesshoul
dal
sobedr
awnwhereappropr
iat
e.

Ifanel ectronicchartsyst
em i susedtoassistvoyageplanningthepl anshouldalsobe
drawnupont hepaperchar ts.Wher eoff
ici
al(ENC)vectordatai sav ai
l
ableanECDI S
providedwi thful
lycompliantENCdat aforthevessel’
sv oy
agemaybeusedi nsteadof
paperchar ts.RasterChartDi splaySyst
ems( RCDS)usingof fi
cialandupt odateRaster
chartscanbeusedi nconj unct i
onwithpaperchartstoassistvoy ageplanni
ngandr out
e
moni tori
ng.Hazar dsshouldbemar kedont heRCDSaswel lasont hepaperchart.
Systemst hatuseunof fi
cialchar tdatashouldnotbeusedf orvoy ageplanni
ngor
navigation.

Dependi ngonci r
cumst ances,themai ndetai
lsoftheplanshouldbemar kedi n
appr opri
ateandpr ominentplacesont hechartstobeuseddur i
ngthev oyage.They
shoul dalsobeprogr ammedandst oredelectr
onical
l
yonanECDI SorRCDSwher e
fi
tted.Themai ndet ail
softhev oyageplanshouldalsober ecor
dedinabr i
dgenot ebook
usedspeci all
yforthispurposet oall
owr efer
encetodetail
softheplanatt heconning
posi t
ionwithouttheneedt oconsultthechart.Support
inginfor
mati
onr el
at i
vetothe
voy age,suchast i
mesofhi ghandl owwat er,orofsunri
seorsunset,shouldalsobe
recor dedinthi
snot ebook.

Itisunl
ikelythateverydet
ailofavoyagewillhavebeenanti
cipat
ed,parti
cularl
yin
pil
otagewat ers.Muchofwhatwi llhav
ebeenpl annedmayhav etobeadj ustedor
changedaf terembar ki
ngthepil
ot.Thi
sinnowaydet ract
sfrom therealvalueofthe
plan,whichist omarkoutinadvance,areaswherethevesselmustnotgoandt he
appropriat
epr ecauti
onswhichmustbet aken,andtogivei
niti
alwarningthatthevessel
i
sst andingintodanger.

5.)Executionofthefi
nal
i
zedt hevoyagepl
anshouldbecar r
iedoutt
akingint
oaccount
thef act
orsli
stedint
heGuideli
nes.TheMastershoul
dtakeintoaccountanyspecial
circumstanceswhichmayarise,suchaschangesinweather,whi
chmayr equi
rethe
plant oberevi
ewedoralt
ered.

6.)Moni t
ori
ngofthev essel
’sprogressalongthepre-
plannedtrackisaconti
nuous
process.Theoffi
cerofthewat ch,whenev eri
nanydoubtast othepositi
onofthe
vesselorthemanneri nwhichthev oyageisproceedi
ng,shoul
di mmediatel
ycall
the
mast erand,i
fnecessary,t
akeappropr i
ateacti
onforthesafet
yoft hevessel
.

Theper f
ormanceofnav igati
onal
equipmentshouldbecheckedpr i
ortosail
i
ng,pr
iort
o
enter
ingrestri
ctedorhazardouswatersandatregul
arandfrequentint
erv
alsatot
her
ti
mest hroughoutthevoyage.

Advant
ageshouldbet
akenofallt
henavi
gat
ional
equipmentwit
hwhicht
hev
essel
is
fi
tt
edforposi
ti
onmonit
ori
ng,bear
ingi
nmindthefol
l
owi ngpoi
nts:
a.
)posi
ti
onsobtai
nedbyel
ect
roni
cpositi
oni
ngsyst
emsmustbecheckedr
egul
arl
yby
vi
sual
beari
ngsandtr
ansi
tswheneverav
ail
abl
e;

b.
)vi
sual
fixesshoul
d,i
fpossi
ble,
bebasedonatl
eastt
hreeposi
ti
onl
i
nes;

c.
)transi
tmarks,
clear
ingbear
ingsandcl
ear
ingr
anges(
radar
)canbeofgr
eat
assi
stance;

d.
)iti
sdanger
oust
orel
ysol
elyont
heout
putf
rom asi
ngl
eposi
ti
oni
ngsy
stem;

e.
)theechosounderpr
ovi
desav
aluabl
echeckofdept
hatt
hepl
ott
edposi
ti
on;

f.
)buoysshoul
dnotbeusedf orposi
tionfi
xingbutmaybeusedforguidancewhen
shoremarksar
ediff
icul
ttodist
ingui
shv i
suall
y;i
ntheseci
rcumst
ancestheirposi
ti
ons
shouldf
ir
stbecheckedbyothermeans;

g.)thechar
tedposi
ti
onsofoff
shor
einst
all
ati
onsshoul
dbecheckedagai
nstt
hemost
recentnavi
gat
ional
noti
ces;

h.
)thef
unct
ioni
ngandcor
rectr
eadi
ngoft
hei
nst
rument
susedshoul
dbechecked;

i
.)accountmustbetakenofanysystem er
ror
sandthepr
edi
ctedaccur
acyofposi
ti
ons
di
splayedbyel
ectr
onicposi
ti
onfixi
ngsystems;and

j
.)thefr
equencyatwhicht
heposi
ti
oni
stobef
ixedshoul
dbedet
ermi
nedf
oreach
secti
onofthevoyage.

Eacht i
met hevessel
’
spositi
onisf i
xedandmar kedont hechartinuse,t
heest
imat ed
posit
ionataconv eni
entint
ervalofti
meinadvanceshoul dbepr oj
ectedandpl
otted.
WithECDI SorRCDScar eshouldbetakentoensurethatthedisplayshowssuf
ficient
“l
ook-ahead”di
stanceandthatthenextchartcanber eadil
yaccessed.

Radarcanbeusedt oadv ant

agei nmoni tor
ingt heposit i
onofthev essel bytheuseof
parall
elindexi
ng,whichisasimpl eandmostef fect
ivewayofcont inuouslymoni t
oring
thatav esseli
smai nt
ainingi
tstrackinrestrictedcoast alwaters.Parall
el i
ndexingcan
beusedi nanysi
tuati
onwher ear adar-
conspi cuousnav i
gat
ionmar kisav ai
lableandi t
i
spr acticabl
etomoni t
orcontinuouslythev essel’spositi
onrelati
vet osuchanobj ect.I
t
alsoserv esasavaluablecheckont hev essel’
spr ogresswhenusi nganel ectroni
c
chart.

7.
)Pi
lot
age

ThePl ancoverst
hev oyagef
rom ber
thtobert
handt her
efor
eincl
udesthePil
otage
stage.TheIMOGui deli
nesdonotgiv
especif
icadvi
ceont hi
simport
antstagether
efor
e
thefoll
owingnotesshouldbetakeni
ntoconsi
derat
ionwhenplanni
ngandexecut i
ngthe
pil
otagestages.
Pil
otsmakeasi gni
fi
cantcontributi
ont othesafet
yofnav i
gati
oni ntheconf inedwater
s
andpor tapproachesofwhi cht heyhav euptodateknowledge, butitmustbest r
essed
thattheresponsi bi
l
iti
esofthev essel’
snav i
gati
onalteam andtheof ficerofthewatch
donott ransfertothepil
ot.Afterboardingthevessel
, i
nadditi
ont obei ngadv i
sedbythe
mast erofthemanoeuv r
ingchar act
eri
st i
csandbasicdetail
soft hev esselforit
s
presentcondi t
ion,t
hepilotshouldbecl earl
yconsult
edont hevoy agepl antobe
foll
owed.Thegener alai
m ofthemast ershoul
dbet oensurethatt heexper ti
seofthe
pil
otisfullysupportedbythev essel’
sbr i
dgeteam.

At
tent
ioni
sdr
awnt
othef
oll
owi
ngext
ractf
rom I
MOResol
uti
onA.
285(
VII
I)
:

“Despit
ethedut i
esandobl igat
ionsofapi l
ot,hi
spr esenceonboar ddoesnotr elievethe
off
icerofthewat chfrom hi sdutiesandobligat
ionforthesaf etyofthevessel.He
shouldco-operat
ecl oselywi t
ht hepil
otandmai ntainanaccur atecheckont hev essel’
s
posit
ionandmov ement s.Ifheisi nanydoubtast othepilot’
sact i
onsorintentions, he
shouldseekclari
ficati
onf rom thepilotandifdoubtstil
lexist
sheshoul dnot i
fyt he
masterimmedi atelyandt akewhat everacti
onisnecessar ybeforethemast erar riv
es.”

8.
)Weat
herRout
eingSer
vices

Regulati
on34. 2.3speci fi
es“adv er
seweat herconditi
ons”asoneoft heprincipal
considerat
ionst hatshoul dbeusedbymast er
swhenf or
mul ati
ngt hev oyagepl an.
WeatherRout eingSer vi
cesareav ail
ablet
omar i
nersbuttheyar elargelyunr egulated
andinsomecasesoper ateasanenhancementf orcommer cialexpedi encer atherthan
di
rectlyasasaf etyprecauti
on.Saf eruseofWeat herRouteingSer vicescanbeachi eved
byincreaseddi aloguebet weenshi p’
smast ersandtheirweat herrout ei
ngser vi
ce
provi
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ont hatispr ovidedbyt hem.
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essel
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l
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pl
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tt
endown.Thef oll
owingshouldpart
icul
arl
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oaccount
whenplanni
ngaboatingtr
ip:

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ar
updat esifyouar epl anningtobeoutf oranylengthoft ime.
 ti
des: checkt hetidal predict
ionsforyourt r
ipandensur et hattheyf
itwit
hwhat
youar eplanni ngtodo.
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imitationsoft hev essel :
considerwhet heryourboati supt otheproposedtr
ip
andt haty ouhav esuf fi
cientsafetyequi pmentandst oreswi t
hy ou.
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gat ionaldanger s: makesur ethaty ouarefamili
arwi thanynav i
gati
onal
 danger syoumayencount erduri
ngy ourboatingt rip.Thi sgener all
ymeans
checki nganupt odat echartandacur r
entpilotbookoral manac.
 contingencyplan: alway shav eacont i
ngencypl anshoul dany t
hinggowr ong.
Beforey ougo, considerbol tholesandpl aceswher ey oucant aker ef
ugeshould
conditionsdeteriorateori fyousufferanaccidentori njury.Bearinmi ndthat
yourGPSseti sv ulnerableandcoul dfailatanyt i
me.I ti ssensibleandgood
practicetomakesur ethaty ouarenotov er-
reliantony ourGPSsetandt hatyou
cannav i
gateyour selftosaf et
ywithoutitshoul ditf ai
l you.
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nfor mationashor e:makesur ethatsomeoneashor eknowsy ourplansand
knowswhatt odoshoul dtheybecomeconcer nedf ory ourwell bei
ng.The
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10.
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herpubl
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ions

I
naddi t
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MOGui deli
nesmari
nersar
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soref
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publi
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Bri
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nter
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ChamberofShi
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Seeal
so:
ANNEX25–I
MOResol
uti
onA.
893(
21)

Li
stofPubl
icat
ionst
owhi
chr
efer
encemayneedt
obemade.
(
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hatt
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cat
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1.PassageRecor
dBook.
Advi
sabl
etoret
ainpastplansforfuturer
efer
ence.Val
ueisenhancedby
commentsonthesuccess,orotherwise,
oftheplanused.

2.Sai
li
ngDi
rect
ions.
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out
es,
appr
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pil
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hazar
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por
tfaci
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local
weat
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abl
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argestscal
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or
coast
alnav
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6.Ti
deTabl
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Dept
hsofwater
.Por
tent
ry.

7.Ti
dalAt
las.
Ti
dal
str
eams.

8.Li
stofLi
ght
sandFogSi
gnal
s.
I
nfor
mat
ioni
smor
edet
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ed,
andmaybemor
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hanont
hechar
ts.

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iner
s'Handbook(
NP100)
Gener
ali
nfor
mat
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igat
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her
.
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manac.
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set
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set
.

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tyLi
stofRadi
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gnal
s.
Vol.I
.Communi cations.
I
I.Radiobeacons.
I
II.Weatherr
eports.
I
V.Met eorol
ogi
cal stations.
V.Radioaidstonav igation.
VI.Portcommunicat ions

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ps'
Maneuver
ingDat
a.
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l
owancef
or"
squat
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esGui
de.
Publi
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ChamberofShi
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or
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procedur
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icest
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s.
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ionst
ochar
tsandpubl
i
cat
ions.

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oWar
nings.
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nfor
mat
ioni
supt
odat
e.

16.Weat
herRepor
ts.
Fort
hel
atestweat
heri
nfor
mat
ion.

17.Speci
alPubl
icat
ions.
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opr
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osomepar t
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arar
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g.Engli
shChannelPassage
Pl
anni
ngGuide-
Char
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rways.

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ustratest hepr oposed
route,isthemostcent ral andthemostessent i
al visual
present at
ionoft he'passagepl an'.I
tisrequiredt ocar ryal
l
i
temst hatcouldef f
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onoft hev essel ,
withoutobscur ingrelev antdet ai
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ty
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lall
owal lwat chof f
icer
st otakeov erthe
navigationaldutiesandt ot hisendwi l
lber equi
redt oindicate
thefollowingitems:
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acksanddi stanceswi threspectiv
emar ginsof
safety.
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•Proj ect edETA' satal tercour seposi ti
ons.
•Tidal streamswi thindicatedmaxi mum/ mi nimum r ates
anddi rect i
ons.
•Visibl el andmar ks,transit
sorcl earingbear ings.
•VHFcal l
ing/ communi cati
onpoi nts.
•Wher eexpect eduseoft heechosounderwoul dbe
anticipat ed.
•Nextchar tindi cationt oall
owposi t
ional transf er.
•Crossi ngt raf ficorknownar easofheav ytraffi
cdensi ty.
•Traf ficsepar at ionschemesandr el
ev antr eferences.
•Thoseposi tionsonr outewher eext raper sonnel maybe
requir ed.
•Stat ioncal lpoi ntsf oradv i
singt heMast er,engi neroom,
pil
otst ationset c.
•Posi ti
onswher eanchor sshoul dbepr epared.
•Adv ancewar ningofpot enti
al hazar dsordanger s.
•Rai sing/di ppi ngr angesofl ightst hatwoul dai dposi ti
on
fi
xingmet hods.
•Alter nat iveposi ti
onf ixi
ngmet hodsf orni ghtordaypassage.
•Thoseposi tionswher emanual steeringmustbeengaged.
•Nav igational war ningswhi chmi ghtbecur rentlyeffecti
ng
char t.
•Nav igational radioai dsandt heiraccur acywi thinchar t
ed
area.
•Highl i
ght' NOGOAREAS' .