Passage Planning Guidelines

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Written by & for professional navigators, with high resolution graphics & screen-shots, this latest edition continues the principles of Captain Salmon’s original text providing an essential guide for the modern navigator.SECTION 1 – Traditional & Paper Based Passage Planning 1 The Need for a Comprehensive Passage Plan 1.1 SOLAS V
- Regulation 341.2 STCW Code – Part A-VIII – Watchkeeping 1.2.1 General Requirements 1.2.2 Planning Prior to Each Voyage 1.3 Guidance on Approaching a Traditional Paper Based Passage Plan 2 Principles of Passage Planning 2.1 Appraisal 2.2 Planning 3 Conduct of the Passage (Executing & Monitoring)4 Authority to Deviate from the Plan 5 Navigation with a Pilot on Board 6 Learning from Incidents SECTION 2 – ECDIS Passage Planning 1 Introduction 1.1 Effective Planning on ECDIS1.2 The Four Stages of Planning 1.3 Key to Symbols 2 Appraisal Introduction 2.1 Preliminary Research 2.1.1 Destination 2.1.2 Weather & Environment 2.1.3 Chart Installation, Update & Review 2.1.4 Other Considerations 2.2 Feasibility Brief 3 Planning Introduction 3.1 Display Configuration 3.2 Route Creation 3.2.1 New Route 3.2.2 Adding Waypoints 3.2.3 Adjusting Waypoints 3.2.4 Multiple Routes 3.2.5 Route Table 3.3 Supplementary Information 3.4 Manual Updates 3.5 Route Check 3.5.1 Configuration 3.5.2 Conducting the Route Check 3.5.3 Visual Check 3.6 Detailed Briefing References SECTION 3 – Annexes Annex A – Passage Planning Checklists Annex B – ECDIS Planning Checklist Annex C – Parallel Indexing Annex D – Passage Plan Work Sheet Annex E – Example of Passage Planning Notes Annex F – List of Useful Publications