Table of Contents

SHIPS AND BOATS.

Ships.

Boats.

Ship Structure, Stability, and Maintenance.

Propulsion and Steering.

Ground Tackle.

Cargo Handling and Underway Replenishment.

Ship Communications.

Navigation.

SHIPHANDLING.

General Principles of Ship Control.

Docking, Mooring, and Anchoring--Handling with Tugs, Anchors, and Alongside.

Towing and Salvage.

Boat Handling and Helicopter Operations.

Ice Seamanship.

WEATHER, OCEANOGRAPHY, AND OCEAN POLLUTION.

The Atmosphere and Its Circulation.

Clouds, Thunderstorms, Stability, and Fog.

Weather Elements, Instruments, and Reports.

Weather of the Middle Latitudes.

The Tropical Cyclone.

Oceanography.

Ocean Pollution.

RULES OF THE ROAD.

Introduction to the Rules of the Road.

Lights and Shapes.

Responsibilities Between Vessels--Right of Way.

Approach Situations Between Power-Driven Vessels in Sight.

Law in Fog and Restricted Visibility.

Radar for Collision Avoidance.

Maritime Buoyage System.

Appendices.

Index.

About the Author

Captain John V. Noel, Jr., United States Navy [Retired], has had a full and varied career at sea as a merchant marine sailor and commercial fisherman during school vacations, and in the Navy as a commanding officer of destroyers, a Fleet supply vessel, and a guided missile heavy cruiser. He has been the editor of Knight's Modern Seamanship for nearly thirty years and has written a number of reference books and texts for the U.S. Navy on shiphandling, naval terminology, watch standing, human relations, and modern management.