Unit 9-a

Task. Read and translate the following bridge check list. Be ready to retell what should be done to be for safe navigation in restricted visibility. Think over what other checks you can include into the following check list.

B9 Navigation in restricted visibility

Has the following equipment been checked to ensure that it is fully operational?

	radar, ARPA or other plotting facilities
	VHF
	fog signalling apparatus
	navigation lights
	echo sounder, if in shallow waters
	watertight doors, if fitted
	Have lookout(s) been posted and is a helmsman on standby?
	Have the master and engineroom been informed, and the engines put on standby?
	Are the COLREGS being complied with, particularly with regard to rule 19 and proceeding at a
	safe speed?
	Is the ship ready to reduce speed, stop or turn away from danger?
	If the ship's position is in doubt, has the possibility of anchoring been considered?

Other checks:

Unit 10-a

Task. Read and translate the following bridge check list. Be ready to retell what should be done to be for safe navigation in restricted visibility. Think over what other checks you can include into the following check list.

B10 Navigation in heavy weather or in tropical storm areas

	Have the master, engineroom and crew been informed of the conditions?
	Have all movable objects been secured above and below decks, particularly in the
	engineroom, galley and in storerooms?
	Has the ship's accommodation been secured and all ports and deadlights closed?
	Have all weather deck openings been secured?
	Have speed and course been adjusted as necessary?
	Has the crew been warned to avoid upper deck areas made dangerous by the weather?
	Have safety lines/hand ropes been rigged where necessary?

Have instructions been issued on the following matters?

	monitoring weather reports
	transmitting weather reports to the appropriate authorities or, in the case of tropical storms,
	danger messages in accordance with SOLAS

Other checks: