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The Manœuvrability of Ships as Influenced by Environment and Human Behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

J. P. Hooft
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This paper by the Vice-President of the Netherlands Ship Model Basin presents the results of a study performed on the N.S.M.B. ship manœuvring simulator aimed at the development of criteria for the manœuvrability of ships sailing in a current. Six pilots navigated four types of 250,000 d.w.t. tankers in sixteen different conditions of current.

Ships have grown so large that it is no longer taken for granted that they can be manoeuvred as required. The problem can be split up in two aspects, the ship's inherent manoeuvring ability, which is mainly a technical problem, and the mariner's ability to manœuvre the ship, which is mainly a psychological problem.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , July 1974 , pp. 367 - 382
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1974

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