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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 28-08-2017, 07:27
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Posted By roland stockham
Re: Collision Avoidance -- Dealing with Multiple Targets

To clarify; When I talked about watching ships adjust course by a very small amount this was on passage in the Caribbean sea. I had just fitted a transponder and was on passage from Aruba to Panama...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 25-08-2017, 08:17
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Posted By roland stockham
Re: Collision Avoidance -- Dealing with Multiple Targets

One thing I have not seen much mention of so far is AIS. Personally I have found it one of the most useful developments of the last few decades and would put it on a par with GPS as a safety aid. Yes...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 21-08-2017, 12:35
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Posted By roland stockham
Re: Collision Avoidance -- Dealing with Multiple Targets

You are missing an important point - In a constrained channel large vessels are traveling a maneuvering speed or under tow by tugs. I the open sea the same vessel may be doing 24kn. This speed...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-08-2017, 09:02
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Posted By roland stockham
Re: Collision Avoidance -- Dealing with Multiple Targets

Why? The collregs are there to do exactly that and have been written as the standard for all mariners. If anyone has problems following them they need more training/experience.
I do agree that some...
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