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Video Navigating on St Lawrence River towards cargo ship Federal Kumano
published on 8 November 2022
Video Cagliarie Ferry Pilot Transfer
published on 6 June 2023
Article Iran: Two new investment contracts for supplying 10 pilot boats
by PMO News Portal - published on 23 January 2021
Video New York Harbor Pilot Boat 1 on the Kill van Kull
published on 25 October 2020
Video Wind Impact on Ships Turning Motion
published on 20 January 2021
This video complements the earlier demonstration of wind effect on straight track and shows now wind effect on turning circles. It can be seen that during a turn under strong wind the ship reduces turning when it comes close to equilibrium on straight track - if the Wind-to-ship speed ratio is big enough then the ship even goes straight instead of turning. This is shown for three samples for Head, Stern wind and Beam wind. The turning can be increased if the ratio of Wind speed-to-ship...