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BOAT CREW HANDBOOK USCG 2017

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Boat Crew Handbook – Seamanship Fundamental B.22. Gaskets .................................................................................................................................................................. 3-18 B.23. Knife Edges ............................................................................................................................................................ 3-19 B.24. Interior................................................................................................................................................................... 3-19 SECTION C. WATERTIGHT INTEGRITY..................................................................................................................... 3-20 C.1. Closing and Opening Watertight Doors and Hatches .............................................................................................. 3-20 C.2. Entering a Closed Compartment After Damage ...................................................................................................... 3-22 SECTION D. GENERAL BOAT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................... 3-23 D.1. General Boat Equipment List................................................................................................................................... 3-23 CHAPTER 4 STABILITY.....................................................................................................................................4-25 SECTION A. UNDERSTANDING STABILITY .................................................................................................................. 4-2 A.1. Center of Gravity ....................................................................................................................................................... 4-2 A.2. Buoyancy ................................................................................................................................................................... 4-2 A.3. Equilibrium ................................................................................................................................................................ 4-3 A.4. Types of Stability ....................................................................................................................................................... 4-5 A.5. Moment and Forces .................................................................................................................................................. 4-5 SECTION B. LOSING STABILITY ............................................................................................................................... 4-8 B.1. Stability After Damage............................................................................................................................................... 4-8 B.2. Free Surface Effect..................................................................................................................................................... 4-9 B.3. Free Communication with the Sea .......................................................................................................................... 4-10 B.4. Effects of Icing ......................................................................................................................................................... 4-11 B.5. Effects of Downflooding .......................................................................................................................................... 4-12 B.6. Effects of Water on Deck ......................................................................................................................................... 4-13 CHAPTER 5 WEATHER AND OCEANOGRAPHY................................................................................................... 5-1 SECTION A. WEATHER ......................................................................................................................................... 5-2 Wind .................................................................................................................................................................. 5-2 A.1. Air .............................................................................................................................................................................. 5-2 A.2. Afternoon Wind Increases......................................................................................................................................... 5-3 A.3. Beaufort Wind Scale .................................................................................................................................................. 5-3 A.4. Weather Warning Signals .......................................................................................................................................... 5-5 Thunderstorms and Lightning............................................................................................................................ 5-6 A.5. Thunderstorms .......................................................................................................................................................... 5-6 A.6. Lightning .................................................................................................................................................................... 5-7 A.7. Distance From a Thunderstorm................................................................................................................................. 5-7 A.8. Safety......................................................................................................................................................................... 5-7 A.9. Waterspouts .............................................................................................................................................................. 5-8 Fog ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5-8 A.10. Description .............................................................................................................................................................. 5-8 A.11. Advection Fog .......................................................................................................................................................... 5-8 A.12. Radiation (Ground) Fog ........................................................................................................................................... 5-8 A.13. Fog Frequency ......................................................................................................................................................... 5-9 A.14. Operating in Fog ...................................................................................................................................................... 5-9 Ice ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5-9 A.15. Salinity ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5-9 A.16. Topside Icing.......................................................................................................................................................... 5-10 A.17. Frazil Ice................................................................................................................................................................. 5-10 A.18. Brash Ice ................................................................................................................................................................ 5-10 A.19. Ice Floe .................................................................................................................................................................. 5-10 A.20. Pancake Ice............................................................................................................................................................ 5-10 A.21. Clear Ice ................................................................................................................................................................. 5-10 Forecasting ...................................................................................................................................................... 5-11 A.22. Sources of Weather Information ........................................................................................................................... 5-11 SECTION B. OCEANOGRAPHY .............................................................................................................................. 5-12 Waves and Surf ................................................................................................................................................ 5-13 B.1. Description .............................................................................................................................................................. 5-13 iii

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