Bridge Watchkeeping Duties: Keeping a Safe Navigational Watch
The officer of the watch carries sole responsibility for a ship’s safety while others sleep. Here are the duties, rules, and judgment calls that define a safe bridge watch.
Collision Avoidance
Radar Basics
A working guide to marine radar: how it builds its picture, how to read motion and risk of collision from it, how to tune it, and where it goes blind.
COLREGs: The Rules of the Road at Sea
No lanes, no traffic lights, just one ruleset that decides who gives way and who holds course. A working guide to the COLREGs and the judgment behind them.