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Na

v

i

g

ation Standards and E

q

ui

pm

ent

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

5

0

5

4

.

2

.1

U

se steerin

g

s

y

ste

m

s/auto

p

ilot

Vesse

l

steer

i

n

g

systems

shall

be

fu

ll

y

understood

by

Brid

g

e Wat

c

h

Off

i

c

ers

and

the

Chan

g

e

O

ver

P

rocedure from

automat

i

c to manua

l

and

/

or

bac

k

u

p

steer

i

n

g

mode

shall

be

p

osted

on

the

br

i

d

g

e

i

n

c

l

ose

p

ro

xi

m

i

ty

to

the

steer

i

n

g

system

and

chan

g

e

over

contro

l

s

.

T

he

use

of

the

auto

p

il

ot

shall

be

author

i

sed

by

the

Master

i

n

h

i

s

/

her

S

tand

i

n

g

O

rders

or

as

re

q

u

i

red

under

s

p

ec

i

a

l

c

i

rcumstances

.

T

he

auto

p

il

ot

shall

at

a

ll

t

i

mes

be

used

res

p

ons

i

b

l

y

w

i

th

care

and

w

i

th

due

re

g

ard

for

the

p

reva

ili

n

g

cond

i

t

i

ons

.

Master

shall

p

ay

p

art

i

cu

l

ar

attent

i

on

for

use of

A

uto

p

il

ot

i

n

the

fo

ll

o

w

i

n

g

s

i

tuat

i

ons:

x

Wi

th

i

n harbour

or

p

ort

li

m

i

ts

;

x

W

h

il

st nav

i

g

at

i

n

g

narro

w w

ater

w

ays

(

such as

narro

w

r

i

vers

,

channe

l

s

,

etc

);

x

I

n areas

of

heavy

traff

i

c

or

other

con

g

est

i

on

(

such

as

throu

g

h anchora

g

es

,

etc

);

x

Wi

th

i

n offshore o

il

and

g

as

f

i

e

l

ds

or

other

areas

of

concentrated

offshore

structures

and

i

nsta

ll

at

i

ons

;

x

Wi

th

i

n

the 5

00

m

zone

of

an offshore

i

nsta

ll

at

i

on

;

x

I

n any other

s

i

tuat

i

on as

deemed

p

rudent

to

safe nav

i

g

at

i

on

.

4

.

2

.

2 Gy

ro and

m

a

g

neti

c

c

o

mp

ass

T

he

Master

i

s

res

p

ons

i

b

l

e

for

rene

w

i

n

g

the

dev

i

at

i

on

card

for

the ma

g

net

i

c

com

p

ass

annua

ll

y

.

M

a

g

net

i

c

Com

p

ass

Error

shall

be

conf

i

rmed

as

be

i

n

g

i

n

g

enera

l

a

g

reement

w

i

th

the

D

ev

i

at

i

on

Card

.

D

ev

i

at

i

on

curve

(

s

)

are

to

be

d

i

s

p

l

ayed

. G

yro

and

ma

g

net

i

c

com

p

ass

error

l

o

g

s

shall

be

ma

i

nta

i

ned

and

u

p

dated

by

the

Brid

g

e Wat

c

h

Off

i

c

ers

.

4

.

2

.

3

E

c

ho sounder

T

he

echo

sounder

recorder

shall

be

s

w

i

tched

on

p

r

i

or

to

each

a

pp

roach

to

sha

ll

o

w w

ater

and

p

ort

entry

and

p

r

i

or

to de

p

arture

and

rema

i

n

i

n

o

p

erat

i

on

w

h

il

e

i

n

sha

ll

o

w w

aters

. T

he date

and

t

i

me of

s

w

i

tch

i

n

g

on

shall

be

mar

k

ed

on

the

recorder

chart

. I

n

add

i

t

i

on

,

the

date

and

t

i

me

of

p

ass

i

n

g

s

i

g

n

i

f

i

cant

l

and

or

seamar

k

s

shall

be

mar

k

ed

on

the

recorder

.

M

any modern

e

l

ectron

i

c

echo

sounders

have

an

i

n

-

bu

il

t

24

hour memory

that

can

be

reca

ll

ed

. I

f

an

e

l

ectron

i

c

memory

i

s

not

p

rov

i

ded

,

the

echo

sounder

shall

be

p

rov

i

ded

w

i

th

a

p

r

i

nted

record

.

4

.

3 R

adio

c

o

mm

uni

c

ation e

q

ui

pm

ent

Every

sh

i

p

has

to

carry

the

bas

i

c

e

q

u

i

p

ment

that

i

s

a

pp

li

cab

l

e

to

a

ll

w

aters

,

su

pp

l

emented

by

add

i

t

i

ona

l

e

q

u

i

p

ment

that

e

x

tends

the

sh

i

p

s

commun

i

cat

i

ons

ca

p

ab

ili

t

i

es

accord

i

n

g

to

the

s

p

ec

i

f

i

c

w

aters

i

n

w

h

i

ch

she

w

ill

sa

il.

I

n add

i

t

i

on

to

the

chec

k

s

and

tests

deta

il

ed

i

n

R

ad

i

o

W

atch

K

ee

p

i

n

g

,

the fo

ll

o

w

i

n

g

shall

be

chec

k

ed

re

g

u

l

ar

l

y:

x

Li

sts

of

rad

i

o

s

i

g

na

l

s

are

the

l

atest ed

i

t

i

on

and

corrected

to

date

;

x

O

p

erat

i

n

g

i

nstruct

i

ons

for

emer

g

ency

transm

i

tter

/

auto

k

ey

to

be

c

l

ear

l

y d

i

s

p

l

ayed

;

x

E

P

IRB

and

S

A

RT

s

to be

re

g

u

l

ar

l

y

tested and

the

i

r

l

ocat

i

ons

c

l

ear

l

y mar

k

ed

;

x

S

urv

i

va

l

craft

p

ortab

l

e V

H

F

rad

i

os

to be

i

n

g

ood

w

or

ki

n

g

order

and

char

g

ed

ready

for

use

;

x

Emer

g

ency

batter

i

es

to

be

i

n

g

ood

w

or

ki

n

g

order

,

fu

ll

y

char

g

ed

and

the

i

r

cond

i

t

i

on

and

test

i

n

g

l

o

gg

ed

;

x

H

andboo

k

for

G

M

DSS

o

p

erat

i

ons

to

be ava

il

ab

l

e

;

x

T

he

rad

i

o

and

commun

i

cat

i

ons

e

q

u

i

p

ment

shall

be

ma

i

nta

i

ned

i

n

accordance

w

i

th

the

manufacturers

’ i

nstruct

i

ons

and

records

k

e

p

t

for

ver

i

f

i

cat

i

on

.

Vers

i

on

SF(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

5

0

5

-

ver

.04). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

0

1/

0

6

/

20

1

2.

Vers

i

on

date:

31/1

2

/

20

1

5

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on Q

M

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document

w

hen

p

r

i

nted

.

P

rocedure

p

re

p

ared by:

BOS

H

ead

of

O

p

erat

i

ons

.

App

roved

by:

BOS

H

ead

of

O

p

erat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

e

p

resentat

i

ve

.

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