Elementary Navigation Seamanship and Survival At Sea detailed Syllabus for Marine Engineering (Marine), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.
For all other VTU Marine 3rd Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU Marine 3rd Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for elementary navigation seamanship and survival at sea is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module – 1
Seaman & their Duties: General ship knowledge: Ship’s Department-Engine and deck, Commonly used nautical terms like Poop-Deck, Forecastle, and Bridge etc. Navigational lights and Signals Port and Starboard, Forward and aft mast lights, colors and Location. Flags used on ships, flag etiquette, Morse code and semaphore signaling, sound signals Survival at Sea: Look out, precautions and bad weather, Survival difficulties and factors, LSA equipment available, duties of crew members during emergencies. . Immersion suit, Thermal Protective Aid , Donning of Life Jacket, initial action on boarding, maintaining the craft survival .
Module – 2
Rope Knots and Moorings: Types of Knots, Practice of knot formation, Knots, bends, hitches, Ropes splice. Materials of ropes, strength care and maintenance, use of mooring line, heaving line, Rat guards, canvas and its use. Anchors: How they work ,Their use, dropping and weighing anchors, cable stopper.
Module – 3
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Module – 4
Life Boats ,Rescue boats and Life Rafts: Construction, Equipment carried Carrying capacity. Davits: Types and their operation, Launching of Life Rafts (Inflatable type). Embarkation into Lifeboat and Life Raft. Survival Pack, Stowage and securing arrangement. Life boat drills, Lowering & hoisting of Life boats. Abandon Ship: Manning of Lifeboat and Life raft. Muster list, Radio & Alarm signals, Distress signal (S.O.S.), Distress Calls time and Radio frequency, Pyro-techniques.
Module – 5
Conventions and Regulations: Introduction to IMO, The need for conventions. Introduction of MARPOL convention and its annexes, Regulatory control towards environmental pollution at sea. Familiarization with SOLAS, STOW conventions, ISPS code and other maritime codes & conventions.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Graham Danton, The theory and practice of seamanship, 11th Edition, Routledge, New york, USA and Canada, 1996
- Capt. J. Dinger, Seamanship Primer, 7th Edition, Bhandarkar Publications, Mumbai 1998
- Kemp & Young, Seamanship Notes, Stanford Maritime limited, 1997
Reference Books:
- A.N. Cockcroft, Seamenship and Nautical knowledge, 27th Edition, Brown son & Ferguson Ltd., Glasgow 1997
- Richards, Principles of Modern Radar YesdeePublishings Pvt. Ltd., Indian Reprint 2012
- Capt.P.M.Sarma , Theory of Marine Gyro Compass 1st Ed. , Bhandarkar Publications ,2002
For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE 3rd Sem Marine Engineering, visit (Marine) 3rd Sem Syllabus Subjects.
For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE results, visit VTU BE all semester results direct links.