District II Quebec City-Les Escoumins - Transports Canada

TRAINING OUTLINE
Skill 2 Navigating a ship in the marine district’s Duration: 120 h
confined waters
Module 2
Pilotage in the marine district
Component 6 At the conclusion of training, the candidate will be capable of Duration: 12 h
anchoring the ship.
Training environment
In the classroom and in the simulator:
• teamwork;
• using technical documentation, charts and plotting instruments;
• on the basis of data describing the situation.
CONTENT
1. Anchorages in the marine district and their
characteristics.
2. Factors to be considered in choosing an
anchorage:
– available manoeuvring area;
– depth;
– nature of the bottom;
– regulations;
– prohibitions.
3. Ship’s swinging circle at anchor and ways
of establishing it on the basis of factors to
be considered:
– ship’s technical data;
– ships nearby;
– anticipated weather conditions;
– length of chain to be veered out;
– tides.
4. Ship’s manoeuvring characteristics to be
taken into consideration.
SUGGESTED METHODS
Instructor
• Program simulations with difficult weather
conditions and various anchorages.
Candidates
• Memorize designated anchorages and their
characteristics:
– depth;
– nature of the bottom;
– extent of available manoeuvring area.
• Analyse ship’s technical data with respect
to:
– ship’s turning circle in relation to various
load conditions;
– stopping distances as a function of
engine commands and load conditions;
– capacity of anchor gear.
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