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Navigational Safety

Navigational Safety. Objectives. IDENTIFY applicable Navigational Rules for intended route. EXAMINE navigation lights. EXAMINE Automatic Identification System (AIS). EXAMINE internal communication system. VERIFY radar compliance with applicable standards. EXAMINE magnetic compass.

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Navigational Safety

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  1. Navigational Safety

  2. Objectives • IDENTIFY applicable Navigational Rules for intended route. • EXAMINE navigation lights. • EXAMINE Automatic Identification System (AIS). • EXAMINE internal communication system. • VERIFY radar compliance with applicable standards. • EXAMINE magnetic compass.

  3. Objectives • EXAMINE swing meter. • EXAMINE radio equipment. • EXAMINE sound signaling devices. • EXAMINE navigation charts and publications. • EXAMINE vessel search light. • EXAMINE electronic position fixing device • EXAMINE records documenting required tests prior to getting underway.

  4. Marine Radar • UTVs > 12 M (39.4 ft) • Exempt in fleeting areas, assistance towing, pollution response • Meets Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) Standard; • Detailed regs 33 CFR 164.72 • When in doubt, contact manufacturer to see if particular model meets standards.

  5. Dome vs Rotating Array

  6. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)vsCathoid Ray Tube (CRT)

  7. Searchlight • 33 CFR 164.72(a)(2) • UTVs > 12 M (39.4 ft) • directed from main steering station • range 2 times length of tow

  8. Magnetic Compass • UTV operating exclusively on Western Rivers • May have either a • Illuminated swing meter or, • Illuminated card type magnetic steering compass readable from main steering station • All other UTV’s >39.4’ must have illuminated card type magnetic steering compass

  9. Swing Meter vs Magnetic Compass

  10. Electronic Position Fixing Device(GPS or Loran) • 33 CFR 164.72(a)(6) • UTVs > 12 M (39.4 ft); • if towing seaward of navigable waters of U.S. • or > 3 NM from shore Great Lakes

  11. Echo Depth Sounding Device • 33 CFR 164.72(a)(5) • UTVs > 12 M (39.4 ft); • not required for UTVs towing exclusively on Western Rivers and, • Inland Waters in CG D8

  12. Automatic Identification System (AIS) • 33 CFR 164.46(a)(3) • UTVs > 26 ft & > 600 HP; • only required in VTS areas or, • Vessel Movement Reporting System (listening watch)

  13. Charts • 33 CFR 164.72(b)(1) • UTVs > 12 M (39.4 ft), Charts or maps for area of operation; (current edition; extract acceptable)

  14. Navigation PublicationsLight List • 33 CFR 164.72(b)(2) • (UTVs > 39.4 ft) • USCG Light List for area of operation

  15. Navigational PublicationsWestern Rivers • 33 CFR 164.72(b)(2) • UTVs > 12 M (39.4 ft); towing on Western Rivers only • ACOE Notices to Navigation (when available), or • USCG local notice to mariners • Also, River Current Tables published by ACOE or River Authority

  16. Navigational PublicationsNear Costal, GL’s, Oceans • 33 CFR 164.72(b)(2) • UTVs > 12 M (39.4 ft); towing on Western Rivers only • NIMA (National Imagery and Mapping Agency) Notice to Mariners , or • USCG local notice to mariners • Also, Tide Tables

  17. Navigational Publications

  18. Navigation Rules • 33 CFR 88.05 • UTVs > 39.4 ft; • Inland Waters Only

  19. Coast Pilot • 33 CFR 164.72 (b)(2) • UTV’s > 39.4 ft towing other than western rivers • Currently corrected edition, or corrected abstract of Coast Pilot

  20. Communications • 33 CFR 26.03(a)(3) • UTVs > 26ft NOT subject to Great Lakes Radio Agreement • VHF FM radios (including portable radios, i.e. handhelds) • Capable of transmitting / receiving on VHF FM Ch. 13 and, • Be capable of maintaining a continuous listening watch on Ch 16.

  21. Communications in “Special Waters” • 33 CFR 26.03(e) & (f) • Select Waters on Mississippi, UTV’s must have an additional radio that is: • capable of transmitting and receiving on Ch 67, • VTS areas, UTV’s must have on board a radio that; • Is capable of transmitting and receiving on VTS frequency in 33 CFR 161.12(c)

  22. Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) • Digital Selective Calling (DSC) • Since 1999, FCC required fixed mount radios to be equipped with the DSC feature. • DSC allows ship to ship private calls • DSC also has a distress channel monitored by commercial ships • DSC has a single button emergency transmission • DSC’s must be encoded with a unique nine digit FCC I.D. number

  23. Example of DSC Watch Receiver

  24. Navigational Lights • INLD (33 USC 2023) & INTL • White Mast Head Light (225 degrees); • 2nd mast head light abaft/above if >50M • 3rd mast head light abaft/above if >200M

  25. Navigational Lights • (33 USC 1602) Rule 24 • Towing astern • Towing Lights • Varies between Int & Inland

  26. Navigation Lights • 33 CFR 84.09 • Navigation Side Lights • UTVs > 20 M (65.6 ft) • Fitted w/black screens

  27. Navigation Lights • INLD (33 USC 2024) Rule 24 (i) • Western Rivers (WR) Exception: White masthead lights are NOT required on UTVs engaged in towing on WRs above the Huey P. Long Bridge across the Lower Mississippi River, and the waters specified in 33 CFR 89.27.

  28. Sound Producing Device<39.4 ft • INLD (33 USC 2033) & INTL (33 USC 1602) Rule 33 • A means of making an efficient sound signal

  29. Sound Producing Device39.4 ft – 65.6 ft • INLD (33 USC 2033) & INTL (33 USC 1602) Rule 33 • Whistle audible ½ mile & 7.9” bell

  30. Sound Producing Device > (100m) 328 ft • INLD (33 USC 2033) & INTL (33 USC 1602) Rule 33 • Whistle audible ? • ? ” bell • What else?

  31. Questions? HELP !!!

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