Heavy weather preparations Flashcards
First thing to do
Inform Master, Engine room, rest of ships company
What do you need to Secure
All weather deck openings
Anchors and Winches
Cargo
Loose or moveable objects
Close all ports and dead lights
lifeboats and rafts
How could you lessen free surface effect
Empty any pools onboard
Consider ballasting or deballasting to remove?
Slack tanks
How can passengers move around more safely
Limit movement and rig hand ropes and safety lines where necessary
How can you lessen impact of waves
Change course to lessen angle of encounter
Manoeuvre to minimise What type of rolling
Synchronous rolling
How can you improve manoeuvrability
Think about amount of steering pumps veing used
Do you need to switch to hand steering?
You should review switching steering mode but no necessary
What should you monitor
Weather reports
Why should you make weather reports to the authorities?
This information can be used to determine if a Tropical revolving storm exists
What is broaching
When in heavy weather the stern lifts out and a loss of steering occurs and the ship suddenly rotates to beam sea. This can lead to capsize
What is a vessel pooping?
When the wave comes over the back of the ship
