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Advanced Shiphandling Course |
Course Duration - 36 Hours
Course Aim -
To enable
Pilots, Masters and
Officers
to further enhance their knowledge and skills of shiphandling
techniques with particular reference to situations encountered in
their sphere of operations.
This aim will
be achieved through a concentrated period of practical exercises in
the Manned Model, supported by a series of lectures.
Sunday Arrive Hotel
Monday
0815-0830 Taxi to Lake
0830-0930 Registration and
Introduction. Discussion of
course content
0930-1130 Familiarisation with
Manned Models
1130-1300 Workshop - “Revision of
Principles”
1300-1345 Lunch
1345-1715 Manned Model Exercises
1715 Taxi to Hotel
Tuesday
0815-0830 Taxi to Lake
0830-0915 Define Course Objectives
0945-1300 Manned Model Exercises
1300-1345 Lunch
1345-1430 Workshop
1430-1715 Manned Model Exercises
1715-1730 Taxi to Hotel
Wednesday
0815-0830 Taxi to Lake
0830-0915 Workshop
0915-1300 Manned Model Exercises
1300-1345 Lunch
1345-1430 Workshop
1430-1715 Manned Model Exercises
1715-1730 Taxi to Hotel
Thursday
0815-0830 Taxi to Lake
0830-0915 Workshop
0915-1300 Manned Model Exercises
1300-1345 Lunch
1345-1430 Workshop
1430-1715 Manned Model Exercises
1715-1730 Taxi to Hotel
Friday
0815-0830 Taxi to Lake
0830-1200 Manned Model Exercises
1200-1215 Course debrief
1215 End of Course. Taxi as
required.
Course
objectives will depend upon the aspirations of the individual
Pilots. They will be determined by careful consultation prior to, at
the commencement of and during the course.
Various
sessions are timetabled in to the schedule. Consultation with the
Pilots and consideration of relevant and appropriate shiphandling
objectives will assist in determining their subject content.
The workshops
may include, but not limited to, subjects taken from the following
list, which in itself is not exhaustive. Indeed subsequent workshops
and exercises may address a combination of subjects, for example,
complex berthing operations in conditions of current.
Manned Models are
a form of simulation and, as such, are subject to some limitations
and differences compared with a real ship, which have to be taken
into consideration :-
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Time -
Due to the scaling factor, ship handling manoeuvres are carried
out in a shorter timescale than the real ship (or a real time
ship simulator). This permits each participant on the course to
conduct a large number of individual berthing and channel
manoeuvres, including re-runs when difficulty has been
experienced. It also means that an individual has to think very
quickly and thus the concentration and observation that is
important to the ship handler is emphasised.
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Speed
- The scale of the model also means that speed is low in real
terms. The scaling factor is the square root of the scale.
Therefore on a 1:25 scale model the scaling factor is 5, so if
one is doing 1 knot in the model, this equates to 5 knots on the
real ship. Therefore, if approaching the berth with 0.5 mile to
run making good 1.5 knots, this will equate to 7.5 knots on the
real ship, much too fast !In fact an approach speed at this type
of distance needs to be down to 0.1 - 0.2 knots equating to 0.5
- 1.0 knot on the real ship. It is therefore quite normal for
course participants to experience problems on the first day in
adjusting to this low scale speed. These problems, however, are
overcome relatively quickly as excessive approach speeds are
very obvious and the results are often spectacular !
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Distance
- The need to estimate distance is a fundamental factor in
establishing correct approach speed, and can be aided by using
"ships lengths" as a yardstick. At the pre exercise brief, the
candidate will be given a chart of the lake with the course and
an indication of distance to run marked up.
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Wind -
The wind cannot be scaled, but the lake has been laid out to
give optimum berth and channel protection from various wind
directions. Even in gale conditions areas of calm can be found
behind screens of trees and hedging, where useful exercises can
be conducted. The effect of wind on a ship is an integral
objective of a shiphandling course and it is not advantageous to
work exclusively in calm conditions. Every effort is made
however, to start with basic manoeuvres in sheltered waters. As
individual participants progress they will be subjected to
stronger winds to concentrate on specific objectives in this
subject area. Instructors will endeavour to conduct shiphandling
operations in the most appropriate scaled wind conditions for a
particular objective.
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Briefings
/ Debriefings - All participants will be fully briefed by
their instructor before each exercise commences to enable them
to formulate an exercise plan. Once an exercise is underway the
instructor remains on the jetty (or in an accompanying launch)
and does not intercede unless absolutely necessary. This is to
avoid breaking the concentration required during the exercise
and allows participants to learn, if necessary, by observing the
results of his actions. When the exercise is completed, a
comprehensive debriefing is conducted on the quayside to discuss
the results. Such debriefs are considered to be a most important
part of the course.
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