Activity 2 And 3
Jonald Atienza February 3, 2015
MT32-C11 C/M Ronel Almacen
Finals Activity 2: Channeling
Introduction
On February 2, 2015, C/M Almacen discussed about channeling. He showed us the famous channel in the world the Istanbul, Turkey. He shared his experiences in navigating in this channel. He taught us the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS). It has the north bound and south bound just like the road in land. Counter flowing is not allowed also in narrow channeling. When joining the Traffic Separation Scheme you must use small angle and when crossing the Traffic Separation Scheme you must use large angle. He also asked what contour is and no one answered. Contour is the line with equal depth. He also taught us that variation of compass are needed for correcting the compass error.
Actual Activity The activity for our group is to make the ship go outside from Black sea to the ocean. At first we have error because we turned our ship into the wrong direction making it aground. C/M Almacen restarted the activity so we can improve our work. Each of us have task to accomplish some are in the radar, some are in ECDIS and some are in rudder. We find it quite hard because the current and strong and our ship were being carried away. We surpassed many close encounters, crossing situation and crossing the traffic separation scheme. At the end of the activity, we brought the ship into safe area and exit the traffic separation scheme. Our grade at the end of the activity is 92 percent making us the highest compare to the other group.
Learning I have learned from this activity that narrow channeling is not that easy at first but if you learned how to maneuver the ship considering the current you can bring the ship safe to its destination. I have also that you must not panic during the close encounter situation and crossing situation but instead apply the rules of the road to overcome the problem. And lastly, I learned that experiences are the best teacher because on
MT32-C11 C/M Ronel Almacen
Finals Activity 2: Channeling
Introduction
On February 2, 2015, C/M Almacen discussed about channeling. He showed us the famous channel in the world the Istanbul, Turkey. He shared his experiences in navigating in this channel. He taught us the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS). It has the north bound and south bound just like the road in land. Counter flowing is not allowed also in narrow channeling. When joining the Traffic Separation Scheme you must use small angle and when crossing the Traffic Separation Scheme you must use large angle. He also asked what contour is and no one answered. Contour is the line with equal depth. He also taught us that variation of compass are needed for correcting the compass error.
Actual Activity The activity for our group is to make the ship go outside from Black sea to the ocean. At first we have error because we turned our ship into the wrong direction making it aground. C/M Almacen restarted the activity so we can improve our work. Each of us have task to accomplish some are in the radar, some are in ECDIS and some are in rudder. We find it quite hard because the current and strong and our ship were being carried away. We surpassed many close encounters, crossing situation and crossing the traffic separation scheme. At the end of the activity, we brought the ship into safe area and exit the traffic separation scheme. Our grade at the end of the activity is 92 percent making us the highest compare to the other group.
Learning I have learned from this activity that narrow channeling is not that easy at first but if you learned how to maneuver the ship considering the current you can bring the ship safe to its destination. I have also that you must not panic during the close encounter situation and crossing situation but instead apply the rules of the road to overcome the problem. And lastly, I learned that experiences are the best teacher because on