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Na

v

i

g

ation and

W

atc

h

Kee

p

in

g

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

5

02

4 D

escri

p

tion

4

.1

O

r

g

anisation o

f

t

h

e

b

rid

g

e

w

atc

h

W

hen ass

i

g

n

i

n

g

the nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

w

atch

,

the

fo

ll

o

w

i

n

g

factors

shall

be

ta

k

en

i

nto

cons

i

derat

i

on:

x

T

he

k

no

w

l

ed

g

e

and

s

kill

s

of

sh

i

p

board

off

i

cers

and

cre

w

;

rat

i

n

g

s

form

i

n

g

p

art

of

the

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

w

atch

should

be

cert

i

f

i

ed

accord

i

n

g

l

y

;

x

E

x

p

er

i

ence

of

the

Brid

g

e

W

atc

h

Off

icers

and

the

i

r

fam

ili

ar

i

ty

w

i

th

sh

i

p

board

p

rocedures

and

the

manoeuvr

i

n

g p

erformance of

the

vesse

l;

x

O

n

g

o

i

n

g

and

any other

vesse

l

act

i

v

i

ty

i

nc

l

ud

i

n

g

act

i

v

i

t

i

es

i

nvo

l

v

i

n

g

rad

i

o

commun

i

cat

i

ons

;

x

A

ny

p

resent

or

e

x

p

ected

unusua

l

demands

on

the

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

w

atch

that

may

ar

i

se

because

of

s

p

ec

i

a

l

o

p

erat

i

ona

l

c

i

rcumstances

;

x

T

he

or

g

an

i

sat

i

on

of

the

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

w

atch

i

s

to

be made

u

p

so

that

fat

i

g

ue

/

t

i

redness

do

not

affect

the dut

i

es

of

the

Brid

g

e

W

atc

h Off

icer

or

ass

i

g

ned

l

oo

k

outs

;

x

P

resent

and

e

x

p

ected

v

i

s

i

b

ili

ty

(i

nc

l

ud

i

n

g

hours

of

dar

k

ness

)

sea

state

and

other

w

eather

cond

i

t

i

ons

are

to

be

assessed

and mon

i

tored

at

a

ll

t

i

mes

dur

i

n

g

the

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

w

atch

. T

he

w

atch

should

be

re

i

nforced as

re

q

u

i

red

;

x

P

resent

and

e

x

p

ected

traff

i

c

dens

i

ty

i

s

to

be

assessed

and mon

i

tored

at

a

ll

t

i

mes

dur

i

n

g

the

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

w

atch

. T

he

w

atch

should

be

re

i

nforced as

re

q

u

i

red

;

x

A

ttent

i

on

should

be

g

i

ven

to

any

s

i

tuat

i

ons

ar

i

s

i

n

g

that may ma

k

e

i

t

necessary

for

the

Brid

g

e

W

atc

h

Off

icer

to

carry

out

add

i

t

i

ona

l

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

dut

i

es

w

hen

nav

i

g

at

i

n

g

w

i

th

i

n

or

near

traff

i

c

se

p

arat

i

on

schemes

,

offshore

o

il

f

i

e

l

ds

and

the

p

ro

xi

m

i

ty

of

other

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

hazards

. S

hou

l

d any

such

occas

i

on ar

i

se

,

add

i

t

i

ona

l

Brid

g

e

W

atc

h Off

icer

(

s

)

should

be

p

osted

i

n

g

ood

t

i

me beforehand

;

x

T

he

o

p

erat

i

ona

l

cond

i

t

i

on

of

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

a

i

ds

such

as

auto

p

il

ot

,

radars

, G

P

S

and

any

other

e

q

u

i

p

ment

affect

i

n

g

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

safety

should

be

mon

i

tored

re

g

u

l

ar

l

y

to

determ

i

ne

o

p

erat

i

ona

l

funct

i

ona

li

ty

.

x

O

ff

i

cer

on

w

atch

i

s

res

p

ons

i

b

l

e

to

f

ill

u

p

the

B

r

i

d

g

e

l

o

g

boo

k,

w

h

i

ch

i

s

an

off

i

c

i

a

l

document

.

4

.

2

Brid

g

e

w

atc

h m

annin

g

B

r

i

d

g

e or

g

an

i

sat

i

on

and mann

i

n

g

of

the br

i

d

g

e

rema

i

ns

the

fu

ll

res

p

ons

i

b

ili

ty of

the

Master

,

w

ho

, i

n

any

g

i

ven

s

i

tuat

i

on

can

chan

g

e

the

mann

i

n

g/

or

g

an

i

sat

i

on

to

h

i

s

/

her sat

i

sfact

i

on

. R

out

i

ne

nav

i

g

at

i

on

w

i

th

m

i

n

i

mum

traff

i

c

dens

i

ty and no

s

p

ec

i

a

l

c

i

rcumstances

(

e

.

g

.

dur

i

n

g

an

ocean

/

dee

p

sea

p

assa

g

e

)

may

be

conducted

w

i

th

a

s

i

n

g

l

e

Brid

g

e

W

atc

h

Off

icer

and

a

l

oo

k

out

. D

ur

i

n

g

day

li

g

ht

w

atch

,

a

s

i

n

g

l

e

Brid

g

e

W

atc

h

Off

icer

may

be

author

i

zed

p

rov

i

d

i

n

g

that

the

BN

A

WS i

s

act

i

vated

.

U

nder

these

c

i

rcumstances

,

the

use

of

auto

p

il

ot

i

s

p

erm

i

tted

w

i

th

the

Masters

a

pp

rova

l.

I

n

a

ll

other

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

s

i

tuat

i

ons

and

c

i

rcumstances

, i

n

add

i

t

i

on

to

the

p

ersonna

l

descr

i

bed

above

,

the

br

i

d

g

e

shall

be manned accord

i

n

g

to

the

Master Standing Orders

.

R

at

i

n

g

s

form

i

n

g p

art

of

the

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

w

atch

should

be

cert

i

f

i

ed accord

i

n

g

l

y

.

4

.

3

Na

v

i

g

ational

w

atc

h

k

ee

p

in

g

T

he

sh

i

p

shall

be nav

i

g

ated safe

l

y

i

n

com

p

li

ance

w

i

th

the

COLREGS

at

a

ll

t

i

me

.

Brid

g

e

W

atc

h

Off

icers

are

accountab

l

e

to

the

Master

for

com

p

li

ance

of

a

ll

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

w

atch

k

ee

p

i

n

g

e

x

p

ectat

i

ons

,

re

q

u

i

rements

and

dut

i

es

. T

h

i

s

p

rocedure

shall

a

pp

l

y

i

n

a

ll

c

i

rcumstances

,

e

.

g

:

to

o

p

en

sea

w

ays

,

coasta

l

nav

i

g

at

i

on

,

restr

i

cted

v

i

s

i

b

ili

ty

,

sha

ll

o

w w

ater

,

heavy

w

ater

and

w

atch

k

ee

p

i

n

g

i

n

p

ort

.

V

ers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

5

02-

ver

.0

4

). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

0

1/

0

6

/

20

1

2.

V

ers

i

on

date:

31/1

2

/

20

1

5

.

V

a

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on QM

S

s

i

te

.

U

ncontro

ll

ed

document

w

hen

p

r

i

nted

.

P

rocedure

p

re

p

ared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

p

erat

i

ons

.

App

roved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

p

erat

i

ons

.

V

a

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

e

p

resentat

i

ve

.

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