Marine Coastal Pilot

Attached is a short video on our Great North East Channel operation, The video highlights launch operations and the role of the pilot on-board.

@Captain Ertan Ozgur, Senior Maritime Pilot

How to get information for wind & current limits to be potentially encountered by thrusters – or current? - this will be described in this movie:
- Measure Drift speed, due to beam wind with no propulsion;
- Measure drift speed using full thrusters
- Estimate wind & current limits to be potentially encountered by thrusters – or current...
- Finally there is a simple formula as Rule of Thumb: the transverse drift speed is about 7-8% of wind speed!

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