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1. Unless expressly provided otherwise or unless, in the opinion of the Administration having regard to the particular voyages on which...

When heavy weather is expected, the ship would roll, pitch, yaw, sway, surge and heave. This movement in six degrees of freedom would...

ON ALL SHIP TYPES: 1. Compare compasses soon after taking-over watch. Autopilots usually have a "Magnetic Compass Off Course Alarm"....

Testing of autopilot in the manual mode: The reason for this: The autopilot normally uses very minor angles of the helm while maintaining...

Magnetic off course alarm The gyrocompass may sometimes wander. This could be caused by faults in the system or by...

LIferaft carriage criteria one or more together with 100% capacity, easily transferable 100% each side, if not easily transferable. If...