Radar Plotting – Head Reach

Farhan Saeed
Example 1
 Own vessel steering 000°T, speed 15 kts.
 Target A = 1000hrs - 040°T x 12.0nm,
1006hrs – 040°T x 10.5nm, 1012 – 040°T
x 9.0nm.
 Report on Target A for 1012hrs.
 At 1015 hrs engines are ordered Stop. At
1033hrs vessel is stopped in the water
heading 350°T, Head Reach 1.8’. Find
new CPA and cross ahead range of target
A.
 0 0 0 °T

350 000 010

020
340
0 03
33 0
0 04
32 0

05
0
31

0
06
0
30

0
070
290

080
280

090
270

100
260

11 0
250

12
0
24

0
13
0
23

0
0 14
22 0
0 15
21 0
160
200 170
190 180

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
 0 00°T

350 000 010

020
340
0 03
33 0
0 04
32 O
1000
0
1006

05
O'

0
31

0
A'
A 1012

06
0 1015
30
W

0
1033

070
290

7 .0 '

6 .0 '

080
280

090
270

100
260

110
250

12
0
24

0
13
0
23

0
0 14
22 0
0 15
21 0
160
200 170
190 180

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Example 5
 Own vessel steering 230°T, speed 12 kts.
 Target A = 0500hrs - 180°T x 9.0nm,
0506hrs – 180°T x 7.5nm, 0512 – 180°T
x 5.9nm.
 At 0515 engines are ordered
SLOW. At 0524 vessel is steady at new
speed of 6 kts after advancing 1.2 miles.
 State estimated new CPA for the
target A.
 350 000 010
020
340
0 03
33 0
0 04
32 0

05
0
31

0
06
0
30

0
070
290

080
280

090
270

100
260

11 0
250

12
0
24

0
13
0
23

0
0 14
22 0
0 15
21 0
160
200 170
190 180

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
 350 000 010
020
340
0 03
33 0
0 04
32 0

05
0
31

0
06
0
30

0
070
290

080
280

090
270

1 .6 '
0537

100
260

0524

11 0
250

0515
A
A'

12
0512
0
24

0
3

W
2
0506

13
0
23

0
1
O'
0500
O
0 14
22 0
0 15
21 0
160
200 170
190 180

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Example 3
 Own vessel steering 050°T, speed 8 kts.
 Target A = 1000hrs - 350°T x 12.0nm,
1006hrs – 351°T x 10.5nm, 1012 – 352°T
x 9.0nm, 1018 – 354°T x 7.4nm
 If from stopping engines, the head reach
is 1.2’ after 18 mins, find the time at
which to order stop so that the other
vessel passes three miles ahead.
 350 000 010
020
340 O
0 03
33 0
W 04
0
32 0

05
0°
T
05
A

0
31

0
06
0
30

0
070
290

080
280

090
270

100
260

110
250

12
0
24

0
13
0
23

0
0 14
22 0
0 15
21 0
160
200 170
190 180

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
 350 000 010
020
340 O1 0 0 0
0 O' ' 03
33 1 .2 0
0
W 1006
04
32 0
1012

05
0°
T
05
A

0
31

0
1018

06
0
P
STO
30

0
5
102

070
290

43 '
10

080
4 .2
280

'
3 .0

090
W
270

100
260

110
250

12
0
24

0
13
0
23

0
0 14
22 0
0 15
21 0
160
200 170
190 180

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12