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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

l

andmar

k

s

,

or

other

d

i

st

i

nct

i

ve

s

i

g

ht

i

n

g

mar

k

s

,

sound

i

n

g

s

and

the

use

of

radar

p

ara

ll

e

l i

nde

xi

n

g

.

G

P

S,

as

an

e

l

ectron

i

c

a

i

d

,

may be

used

to

ver

i

fy

f

ix

es

;

x

Ensure

that

the

echo

sounder

i

s

o

p

erat

i

ona

l,

accurate

and

fu

ll

y ut

ili

sed

. T

he

date

and

t

i

me

of

s

w

i

tch

i

n

g

on

should

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

should

be mar

k

ed on

the

recorder

.

D

ur

i

n

g

a

ll

sha

ll

o

w w

ater

p

assa

g

es

and

/

or

o

p

erat

i

ons

,

the

en

g

i

ne

room

i

s

to

be manned

by

a

cert

i

f

i

ed En

g

i

ne

W

atc

h Off

ice

r

w

ho

, i

n

add

i

t

i

on

to

the

dut

i

es

g

i

ven

i

n

cha

p

ter

4.

3

i

s

res

p

ons

i

b

l

e

for

ensur

i

n

g

the

fo

ll

o

w

i

n

g

:

x

T

he use of

h

i

g

h

sea

-

suct

i

ons

w

hen

re

q

u

i

red

and

the

cont

i

nuous mon

i

tor

i

n

g

of

the

sea

w

ater

f

l

o

w

;

x

Chec

ki

n

g

that

the ma

i

n en

g

i

ne

a

l

arms

and

shutdo

w

ns

are o

p

erat

i

ona

l

and funct

i

on

tested

;

x

S

ea

w

ater

i

so

l

at

i

on

va

l

ves

are

free and

o

p

erat

i

ona

l;

x

S

ea

w

ater

stra

i

ners

are

c

l

ean

;

x

A

s

p

are

sea

w

ater

stra

i

ner

i

s

ava

il

ab

l

e

for

re

p

l

acement at

short not

i

ce

;

x

M

a

i

n

and

standby

sea

w

ater

p

um

p

s

are

o

p

erat

i

ona

l

and

any

automat

i

c

start

-

u

p

s

have

been

funct

i

on

tested

;

x

T

hat

the

sea

w

ater

l

o

w

-

p

ressure a

l

arms

are o

p

erat

i

ona

l

and

correct

l

y

set

;

x

T

hat a

ll

under

w

ater

sect

i

on

w

atert

i

g

ht

doors

are

c

l

osed and

that

w

atert

i

g

ht

i

nte

g

r

i

ty

i

s ma

i

nta

i

ned

.

4

.

3

.

5 Th

e

s

q

u

at e

ff

ect

Sq

uat

effect

i

s

a

pp

ro

xi

mate

l

y

p

ro

p

ort

i

ona

l

to the

s

q

uare

of

the

s

p

eed

of

the

sh

i

p

. T

hus

,

by

reduc

i

n

g

s

p

eed

by

ha

l

f

,

the

s

q

uat

effect

i

s

reduced

by

a

factor

of

four

. T

he

s

q

uat

effect

i

s

usua

ll

y

fe

l

t more

w

hen

the

de

p

th

/

draft

rat

i

o

i

s

l

ess

than

four

.

T

he

s

i

m

p

li

f

i

ed

s

q

uat

formu

l

a

for

vesse

l

s

i

n unrestr

i

cted

w

aters

i

s

as

fo

ll

o

w

s:

Sq

uat = C

B

x

V

2

/

1

00 (

metres

)

W

here C

B

=

S

h

i

p

s

b

l

oc

k

coeff

i

c

i

ent

*

and V =

S

p

eed

throu

g

h

w

ater

i

n

k

nots

Example: C

B

= 0.72, V = 12 kts, Squat = 1.04 meters

T

he

s

i

m

p

li

f

i

ed

s

q

uat

formu

l

a

for

vesse

l

s

i

n

restr

i

cted

w

aters

i

s

as

fo

ll

o

w

s:

Sq

uat =

2

C

B

x

V

2

/

1

00 (

meters

)

Example: C

B

= 0.72, V = 6 kts, Squat = 0.52 meters

*

N

OT

E:

Bl

oc

k

Coeff

i

c

i

ent

i

s

the

rat

i

o

of

the

vo

l

ume

of

w

ater

d

i

s

p

l

aced

by

a

sh

i

p

to

the

p

roduct

of

the

sh

i

p

'

s

l

en

g

th

,

breadth

,

and

draft

.

N

ava

l

A

rch

i

tects

determ

i

ne

i

t

for

a

number

of

conf

i

g

urat

i

ons

dur

i

n

g

comm

i

ss

i

on

i

n

g

. Bl

oc

k

Coeff

i

c

i

ent

may

be

found

i

n

the

Stability

Booklet

.

Ho

w

to

r

eco

g

ni

s

e

s

q

u

at

I

f

a

vesse

l

reaches

sha

ll

o

w w

aters

and

“

fee

l

s

the

g

round

”

fo

ll

o

w

i

n

g

chan

g

es

shall

be observed:

x

Chan

g

e of

w

ave

p

attern at

the

stern

and

the

bo

w

of

the

vesse

l;

x

T

he

vesse

l

becomes

s

l

u

gg

i

sh

w

hen

carry

i

n

g

out manoeuvres

;

x

T

he

revo

l

ut

i

on

of ma

i

n en

g

i

ne decreases

;

x

T

he

sh

i

p

’

s

s

p

eed

decreases

;

x

App

rec

i

ab

l

e

v

i

brat

i

ons

of

the

sh

i

p

’

s

hu

ll

occur

.

Ho

w

to

pr

e

v

ent

s

q

u

at

T

he ma

i

n

factors

of

s

q

uat are as

fo

ll

o

w

s:

x

E

xi

st

i

n

g w

ater

de

p

th

;

x

Vesse

l’

s

s

p

eed

throu

g

h

the

w

ater

;

x

T

he on

l

y effect

i

ve measure

to m

i

n

i

m

i

se s

q

uat

i

s

the

i

mmed

i

ate

reduct

i

on

of

s

p

eed

.

Vers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

5

02-

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

15

.

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

Head

of

O

p

erat

i

ons

.

App

roved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

p

erat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

e

p

resentat

i

ve

.

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