Year: 2020 Language: english Author: Capt. Vincent Fernandes Genre: Guide Publisher: Vincent Fernandes Edition: 1st ISBN: 978-9354065194 Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 249 Description: The ECDIS Blues is an attempt to systematically answer those nagging doubts in the minds of a navigator. It is a comprehensive guide to passage planning on the ECDIS. Several thumb rules, recommendations and quick checks have been included to make the ECDIS easier to operate. The book is based on the IMO performance standards and therefore applies to all ECDIS makes and models. Over 160 images including ECDIS screenshots have been included in this book to give the reader a better understanding of the concepts. Several ECDIS assisted grounding incidents have been used to highlight the most common issues faced by the navigator. Topics such as CatZOC and Contour settings have been covered by taking a practical approach. A chapter has been dedicated to raising proficiency by listing simple tasks that a navigator can do on the ECDIS while on board. This book will be a revelation for both the experienced second mate who feels confident in using the ECDIS as well as the nervous Captain who may not yet be very confident in using the ECDIS. The ECDIS Blues has been printed in full colour. The book is intended to draw focus on the practical aspect of passage planning when using the ECDIS. Additional info: About the author: Capt. Vincent Fernandes began his career in 1993 as a deck cadet in the merchant navy. He has sailed for 21 years and took command of his first ship in 2005. In September 2014 he joined as Nautical faculty at Samundra Institute of Maritime studies, Mumbai. He was appointed as Nautical Dean of the institute in 2017. He has always been passionate about training and and continues to be involved in training. He is also a certified ECDIS trainer and regularly conducts an ECDIS refresher training for navigating officers.
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The ECDIS Blues
Year: 2020
Language: english
Author: Capt. Vincent Fernandes
Genre: Guide
Publisher: Vincent Fernandes
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 978-9354065194
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 249
Description: The ECDIS Blues is an attempt to systematically answer those nagging doubts in the minds of a navigator. It is a comprehensive guide to passage planning on the ECDIS. Several thumb rules, recommendations and quick checks have been included to make the ECDIS easier to operate.
The book is based on the IMO performance standards and therefore applies to all ECDIS makes and models. Over 160 images including ECDIS screenshots have been included in this book to give the reader a better understanding of the concepts.
Several ECDIS assisted grounding incidents have been used to highlight the most common issues faced by the navigator. Topics such as CatZOC and Contour settings have been covered by taking a practical approach.
A chapter has been dedicated to raising proficiency by listing simple tasks that a navigator can do on the ECDIS while on board. This book will be a revelation for both the experienced second mate who feels confident in using the ECDIS as well as the nervous Captain who may not yet be very confident in using the ECDIS. The ECDIS Blues has been printed in full colour.
The book is intended to draw focus on the practical aspect of passage planning when using the ECDIS.
Additional info: About the author:
Capt. Vincent Fernandes began his career in 1993 as a deck cadet in the merchant navy. He has sailed for 21 years and took command of his first ship in 2005. In September 2014 he joined as Nautical faculty at Samundra Institute of Maritime studies, Mumbai. He was appointed as Nautical Dean of the institute in 2017. He has always been passionate about training and and continues to be involved in training. He is also a certified ECDIS trainer and regularly conducts an ECDIS refresher training for navigating officers.
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