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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

.

3

.1

O

p

en

s

eawa

ys

T

he

B

r

id

g

e

W

atc

h

O

ff

ice

r

shall

:

x

Carefu

ll

y

a

pp

ra

i

se

the

s

i

tuat

i

on

based

on

s

i

g

ht

and

hear

i

n

g

as

w

e

ll

as

the

a

pp

ro

p

r

i

ate

charts

and

naut

i

ca

l

p

ub

li

cat

i

ons

;

x

Constant

l

y

aff

i

rm

the

current

p

os

i

t

i

on

of

the

vesse

l

accord

i

n

g

to

the

a

pp

roved

p

assa

g

e

p

l

an

;

chec

k

such

p

os

i

t

i

ons

us

i

n

g

e

l

ectron

i

c

e

q

u

i

p

ment

such as

G

P

S;

x

U

se any other

br

i

d

g

e nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l i

nstruments

and e

q

u

i

p

ment

.

T

he

E

n

g

ine

W

atc

h

O

ff

ice

r

res

p

ons

i

b

ili

t

i

es

shall

i

nc

l

ude

(i

f

w

atch

i

s

re

q

u

i

red

)

:

x

Ensur

i

n

g

en

g

i

neer

i

n

g w

atch

i

s

a

w

are of

the

nature of

the

vesse

l

s

current

tas

ki

n

g

;

x

Ensur

i

n

g

i

nstant

res

p

onse

to

command of

the

vesse

l;

x

M

a

i

nta

i

n

i

n

g

ma

xi

mum mach

i

nery eff

i

c

i

ency at

a

ll

t

i

mes

;

x

P

romot

i

n

g

a

safe

w

or

ki

n

g

env

i

ronment

;

x

P

rov

i

d

i

n

g

i

mmed

i

ate

res

p

onse

to

emer

g

enc

i

es

(

f

i

re

,

f

l

ood

,

mach

i

nery

brea

k

do

w

n

,

steer

i

n

g

g

ear

brea

k

do

w

n

);

x

M

a

i

nta

i

n

i

n

g

f

i

re ma

i

n

p

ressure

w

i

th

suff

i

c

i

ent

read

i

ness

of

p

um

p

s

;

4

.

3

.

2 C

oa

s

tal Na

v

i

g

ation

T

he

B

r

id

g

e

W

atc

h

O

ff

ice

r

shall

:

x

Ensure

that

the

l

ar

g

est

sca

l

e

current

and

corrected

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

chart

for

the

a

pp

li

cab

l

e

area

i

s

be

i

n

g

used

;

x

Chec

k

and

record

the

vesse

l

p

os

i

t

i

on

on

the

chart

us

i

n

g

ava

il

ab

l

e

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l i

nstruments

(

s

i

g

ht

bear

i

n

g

s

,

radar

bear

i

n

g

s

,

p

ara

ll

e

l i

nde

xi

n

g

,

de

p

th

sound

i

n

g

s

,

etc

.

w

i

th

p

os

i

t

i

on

f

ix

es

be

i

n

g

chec

k

ed

us

i

n

g

G

P

S);

x

T

une

and

constant

l

y mon

i

tor

the

radar

e

q

u

i

p

ment

to

detect

w

ea

k

echoes

(

sma

ll

craft

,

nav

i

g

at

i

ona

l

mar

k

s

and other

sma

ll

f

l

oat

i

n

g

ob

j

ects

,

etc

.)

and

p

erform

re

g

u

l

ar

radar

p

l

ots

;

x

I

dent

i

fy and

conf

i

rm

nav

i

g

at

i

on mar

k

s

and any other

p

os

i

t

i

on

i

nd

i

cat

i

n

g

mar

k

s

;

x

Carry

out manoeuvres

i

n

a

t

i

me

l

y manner

to

avo

i

d

creat

i

n

g

p

otent

i

a

ll

y

c

l

ose

q

uarters

s

i

tuat

i

ons

w

i

th

fu

ll

and

com

p

l

ete

re

g

ard

for

p

reva

ili

n

g

current

and

other

w

eather

cond

i

t

i

ons

,

d

i

stance

from

shore

,

sha

ll

o

w w

aters

,

f

ix

ed ob

j

ects

and

traff

i

c

dens

i

ty

.

T

he

E

n

g

ine

W

atc

h

O

ff

ice

r

res

p

ons

i

b

ili

t

i

es

shall

i

nc

l

ude the

fo

ll

o

w

i

n

g

(i

f

w

atch

i

s

re

q

u

i

red

)

:

x

Ensur

i

n

g

en

g

i

neer

i

n

g w

atch

i

s

a

w

are of

the

nature of

the

vesse

l

s

current

tas

ki

n

g

;

x

Ensur

i

n

g

i

nstant

res

p

onse

to

command of

the

vesse

l;

x

M

a

i

nta

i

n

i

n

g

ma

xi

mum mach

i

nery eff

i

c

i

ency at

a

ll

t

i

mes

;

x

P

romot

i

n

g

a

safe

w

or

ki

n

g

env

i

ronment

;

x

P

rov

i

d

i

n

g

i

mmed

i

ate

res

p

onse

to

emer

g

enc

i

es

(

f

i

re

,

f

l

ood

,

mach

i

nery

brea

k

do

w

n

,

steer

i

n

g

g

ear

brea

k

do

w

n

);

x

M

a

i

nta

i

n

i

n

g

f

i

re ma

i

n

p

ressure

w

i

th

suff

i

c

i

ent

read

i

ness

of

p

um

p

s

;

x

Ensur

i

n

g p

ermanent a

i

r

p

ressure

i

s

ava

il

ab

l

e

for

sound

s

i

g

na

l

s

;

x

Ensur

i

n

g

standby mach

i

nery

i

s

at

i

mmed

i

ate

not

i

ce

;

x

Ensur

i

n

g

emer

g

ency

steer

i

n

g

i

s

ready

for

i

mmed

i

ate o

p

erat

i

on

;

x

I

f

l

oca

l

contro

l

s

are

f

i

tted

,

ensur

i

n

g

l

oca

l

contro

l

of

mach

i

nery

and

steer

i

n

g

g

ear

i

s

i

mmed

i

ate

l

y

ava

il

ab

l

e

w

i

th

su

i

tab

l

y

q

ua

li

f

i

ed

and

e

x

p

er

i

enced

p

ersonne

l

ava

il

ab

l

e

to

o

p

erate

i

t

. (

A

dd

i

t

i

ona

l W

atch

K

ee

p

ers may be

re

q

u

i

red

);

x

Ensur

i

n

g

a

ll

rema

i

n

i

n

g

f

i

re

p

um

p

s

are at

i

mmed

i

ate not

i

ce

.

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ers

i

on

S

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document

w

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p

r

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rocedure

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p

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