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Application (Rule 1)
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Responsibility (Rule 2)
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General Definitions (Rule 3)
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Application of the Steering and Sailing Rules (Rule 4)
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Look-out (Rule 5)
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Safe Speed (Rule 6)
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Risk of Collision (Rule 7)
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Action to Avoid Collision (Rule 8)
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Narrow Channels (Rule 9)
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Traffic Separation Schemes (Rule 10)
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Application — In Sight of One Another (Rule 11)
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Sailing Vessels (Rule 12)
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Overtaking (Rule 13)
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Head-on Situation (Rule 14)
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Crossing Situation (Rule 15)
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Action by Give-way Vessel (Rule 16)
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Action by Stand-on Vessel (Rule 17)
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Responsibilities Between Vessels (Rule 18)
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Conduct of Vessels in Restricted Visibility (Rule 19)
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Lights (Rules 20–31)
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Shapes (day equivalents of Rules 27–30)
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Sound and Fog Signals (Rules 32–37)
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Role and legal basis of the OOW
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Master's standing orders and night orders
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Calling the master — when and how
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Taking over and handing over the watch
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Lookout duties and the bridge team
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Sole lookout in daylight — the conditions
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Hours of rest and fitness for duty
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Log keeping and record integrity
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Watch conditions and bridge manning levels
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The four stages — appraisal, planning, execution, monitoring
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Appraisal — sources of information
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Chart selection and publication currency
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No-go areas and margins of safety
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Under-keel clearance policy
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Waypoints, tracks and abort points
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Contingency planning and ports of refuge
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Tidal windows and tidal constraints
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Monitoring — fixing cycle, parallel index, transits
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Berth-to-berth and the pilotage plan
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ECDIS as primary means — carriage and legal basis
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ENC vs RNC and RCDS mode
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Safety contour, safety depth and shallow/deep settings
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CATZOC and data quality
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Route planning and automated route check
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Alarms, indications and alarm management
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Sensor inputs and position source failure
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Over-reliance and ECDIS-assisted grounding
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Emergency response doctrine — assess, act, communicate
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Man overboard — immediate actions and recovery
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Williamson, Anderson and Scharnow turns
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Fire on board — the OOW's first response
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Grounding — immediate actions
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Collision — immediate actions and obligations
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Flooding and damage control
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Steering gear failure and emergency steering
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Blackout and main engine failure
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Abandon ship — the decision and the sequence
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The ISM Code and the safety management system
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DOC and SMC — who holds what
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Master's overriding authority — ISM 5.2
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The Designated Person Ashore
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Non-conformity and near-miss reporting
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Familiarisation and the drill matrix
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ISPS security levels 1–3
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Ship Security Plan, SSO and CSO
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Flag state, Port State Control and class
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MARPOL structure — the six annexes
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Annex I — oil, the 15 ppm rule and the ORB
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Annex IV — sewage discharge rules
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Annex V — garbage and the Garbage Record Book
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Annex VI — air emissions, ECAs and sulphur limits
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Special areas and discharge criteria
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SOPEP and oil spill response
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Ballast water and anti-fouling conventions
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The fire triangle and agent selection
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Fixed CO2 flood — sequence and sealed-space discipline
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BA control and compartment entry
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Fire detection and structural fire protection
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Liferafts — HRU, launching and boarding
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Lifeboats and rescue boats
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EPIRB and SART
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Pyrotechnics and line-throwing apparatus
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Immersion suits, lifejackets and cold water survival
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Muster list, alarms and abandon-ship organisation
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Radar principles and controls
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Setting up the radar display
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Radar limitations — clutter, shadow sectors, blind arcs
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Stabilisation — relative vs true, head-up vs north-up
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ARPA — acquisition, tracking, CPA/TCPA
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Trial manoeuvre
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Parallel indexing
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Radar plotting — the OAW triangle
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Racon, ramark and SART on the display
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Radar in restricted visibility — Rule 19 in practice
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AIS principles and message types
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Class A vs Class B
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AIS data — static, dynamic and voyage
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AIS limitations in collision avoidance
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AIS in SAR and AIS aids to navigation
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AIS and the COLREGS — what it may and may not change
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Position fixing methods and the fix cycle
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The running fix
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Compass error by transit, azimuth and amplitude
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Variation, deviation and compass correction
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Course to steer with tidal stream
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Estimated position, set and drift
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Tidal heights — standard and secondary ports
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Distance off — dipping range and vertical sextant angle
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Chart datums, symbols and publications
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Great circle vs rhumb line
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IALA regions A and B
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Lateral marks and preferred channels
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Cardinal marks
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Isolated danger, safe water and special marks
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The emergency wreck marking buoy
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Light characteristics and rhythms
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The magnetic compass — care and checks
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The gyro compass — principles, errors and failure
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Pivot point and transverse thrust
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Turning circles and stopping distances
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Interaction — bank effect and ship-to-ship
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Shallow water and squat
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Berthing and unberthing with wind and tide
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Ship handling in heavy weather
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Propeller and rudder types — handling character
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Bow thrusters and azimuth drives
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Tug use and escort towing basics
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Pilotage planning and the master–pilot exchange
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Pilot boarding arrangements
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Working with the pilot — the bridge team's role
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GMDSS sea areas A1–A4
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GMDSS equipment carriage requirements
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DSC alerts — sending and responding
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MAYDAY, PAN PAN and SECURITE procedures
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MSI — NAVTEX and SafetyNET
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GMDSS watchkeeping and false alert procedures
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GM, GZ and initial stability
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KB, BM, KG — the stability triangle
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Free surface effect
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Stiff vs tender ships
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The GZ curve — what it tells you
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Loading, discharging and KG control
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Angle of loll vs list — the critical distinction
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Intact stability criteria
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Heavy weather preparation
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Synchronous and parametric rolling
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Broaching, pooping and following seas
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COSWP — risk assessment and permits to work
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Enclosed space entry
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Working aloft and over the side
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Admiralty publications and their uses
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Chart and publication corrections — Notices to Mariners
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Salvage — LOF, no cure no pay, SCOPIC
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MLC 2006 — the four pillars, SEAs and hours of rest
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Pressure systems and the synoptic chart
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Wind — Buys Ballot, gradient and surface wind
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Frontal depressions — the weather sequence
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Anticyclones and blocking
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Fog — types and formation
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TRS — structure and warning signs
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TRS avoidance — dangerous vs navigable semicircle
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The Beaufort scale and sea state
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Weather sources and weather routeing
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Barometer, thermometer and shipboard instruments
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Local winds and Mediterranean weather
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IAMSAR structure and the SAR system
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Distress alerting and the RCC
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On-Scene Coordinator — duties
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Search patterns — expanding square, sector, parallel sweep
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Datum, drift and the search area
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Rescue and recovery of survivors
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MEDEVAC and helicopter operations
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SITREPs and SAR communications
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The master's obligations — SOLAS V/33
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Emergency towing — taking and giving a tow
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Towing gear — bridles, catenary and chafe
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Ice navigation — recognition and reporting
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Operating in ice — speed and handling
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Replenishment and transfer operations
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Diving operations and ROV support
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Statutory certificates and the survey cycle
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Harmonised surveys — annual, intermediate, renewal
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Casualty reporting — MAIB and flag obligations
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Accident investigation aboard — preserving evidence
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Occupational health — noise, vibration, manual handling
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Port State Control inspections
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Load line — zones, marks and conditions of assignment
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Bridge equipment carriage and daily checks
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Gyro, autopilot and steering systems
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Echo sounder, speed log and BNWAS
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VTS — reporting and interaction
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Damage stability — subdivision and the damage control plan
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The engineering watch, UMS and the OOW interface
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The Voyage Data Recorder
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Anchoring — planning and scope
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Letting go vs walking back
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Anchor watch and dragging detection
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Mooring lines and safe mooring practice
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Snap-back zones and line safety
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Tender and guest operations
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Helicopter operations on yachts
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Hull structure and framing
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Watertight and weathertight integrity
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Ship dimensions and tonnage
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Rudders and propellers — construction
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Anchors and cables — construction and certification
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Corrosion control and coatings
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Dry-docking basics
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Ship types and terminology
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