Maritime Knowledge

Curation of a Series of Workplace posts on Seamanship by Judah Koh, culminating in a video lecture consolidating lessons learnt in the Oct/Nov 2020 Southern Islands Cutter and Kayak Ex by Judah with inputs from Firman and Thiagu.

“You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.”

(1) Good Seamanship

(2) Communications Out at Sea

(3) The Eyes of the Sailor

(4) The Science and Practice of Anchoring

(5) A Look Down South

“Don't spend your entire life building a ship, without ever tasting the salt of the ocean.”

“You don’t command wind in the direction it blows, but you command a ship in the direction it sails.”

Matshona Dhliwayo

(1) Good Seamanship

Infographics on Rules of Roads (ROR) or ColReg created by Judah. See original Workplace Post (dated 20 Sept 2020) for more info.

About ROR / Colregs - knowing these 38 Rules (+ Verification of Compliance + Annexes) are fundamental to good seamanship. Refer to this link to the complete consolidated Convention on the International REgulation for Prevention of Collision at Sea 1972 document.

ROR.pdf

(2) Communications Out at Sea

Infographics on maritime communication created by Judah Koh. See original Workplace Post (dated 21 Sept 2020) for more info.

(a) Maritime Lingo

Apart from being a requirement to be brought out, if we get ourselves acquainted, marine comms is one of the most important device to operate in the busy waters around Singapore. This is a generic summary of the communications scene in Singapore waters. Maritime has quite a fair bit of interesting lingos; some of which might have seeped into our day to day conversations. Read more about them at this Owlcation.com post.

Comms.pdf

(b) Flag Signal: Some common flags and pennants used for visual communication out at sea.

i. Morse Code

ii. Common Horn Signal

(3) The Eyes of the Sailor

Infographics on awareness of maritime awareness created by Judah Koh / TU. See original Workplace Post (dated 20 Sept 2020) for more info.

Eyes of a Sailor.pdf

(4) The Science and Practice of Anchoring

Infographics on Anchoring shared by Judah Koh. See original Workplace Post (dated 16 Sept 2020) for more info.

a. Science and Practice of Anchoring: These are some of the operating procedures we employed for our anchoring operations. While there is a lot more buffer in the considerations due to the size/length of the ships, there are many underlying principles that are shared.

Useful link: https://www.westmarine.com/WestAdvisor/How-To-Anchor-Securely

b. Types of anchors: what to use depends on type of seabed...and budget.

(5) A Look Down South

Compilation of critical areas to watch out for in Singapore's southern water by Judah Koh. Refer to original Workplace post (29 Sept 2020) for more info.
Sharing on Southern Water Expeditions in Oct / Nov 2020 by Judah Koh with inputs from Firman and Thiagu. See Workplace Post (dated 20 Nov 2020) for more info.