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Radar and Blind Pilotage. DRYAD GRAPHICS M98/006. Navigation Radar. Essential navigation aid in all vessels. Used to detect other vessels, buoys and land and navigate the ship in poor visibility. Radar designed to give ‘good definition’ - clear outline and shape of land and other contacts.
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Radar and Blind Pilotage DRYAD GRAPHICS M98/006
Navigation Radar • Essential navigation aid in all vessels. • Used to detect other vessels, buoys and land and navigate the ship in poor visibility. • Radar designed to give ‘good definition’ - clear outline and shape of land and other contacts. • System sends a stream of pulses from a constantly rotating aerial.
Radar Display Ship’s Head Marker Range Rings Contact CPA Relative Track Own Ship
Blind Pilotage Definition: ‘The navigation of the ship through restricted waters in low visibility with little or no recourse to the visual observation of objects outside the ship.’
020 (020) 5.2c 7.6c 080(080) WO 4.0c
NMT 13c NLT 1c 020 (020) NLT 2c 5.2c 7.6c 080(080) WO 4.0c NMT 11c
NMT 13c NLT 1c 020 (020) NLT 2c 5.2c 7.6c 080(080) 6.2c WO 4.0c NMT 11c