NAV04 – PILOT CARD

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Name
Displacement: 46907 mt
Length: 189.99 m
Draught Fwd: 9.60 m
Air Draught: 37.73 m
Ships Particulars
CLIPPER HOUSTON
DWT: 37706 mt
Beam: 28.5 m
Draught Midships: 10.35 m
Port Anchor Shackles: 11
1 shackle = 27.5 m / 15 fathoms
Call Sign: V7A4405
Year Built: Jan 2010
Bulbous Bow: Yes
Draft Aft: 11.10 m
Stbd Anchor Shackles: 11

A: Maximum Breadth 28.5 m

B:Aft to Accommodation Front 26 m
C: Front Accommodation to Bow 163.99 m
D: Bow to front Bulbous Bow 0m
E : Air Draught M 38.10 m
Air Draught Feet Inches 125.0 ft
F : Keel to Topmast 44.165 m
Parallel W/L loaded
Parallel W/L Ballast

Main Engine
Type: WARTSILA SULZER Max Power: 7368 Max Power: 9881
6RTA48T-B KW HP
RPM / Pitch Loaded Speed (kts) Ballast Speed (kts)
Full Ahead: 85 10.20
Half Ahead 60 8.60
Slow Ahead: 45 7.40
Dead Slow Ahead: 35 4.50
Dead Slow Astern: 35
Slow Astern: 45
Half astern: 60

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Full astern: 80 75% Full ahead Power

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Engine Critical RPM: 64-76 Maximum Number of Time from full ahead to full
consecutive Engine Starts: 12 astern: 319 s
Time Limit Astern : 0 min Minimum Steering Speed:
4.5 kn
Steering
Number of propellers: Direction of turn: Propeller Arrangement:
Fixed pitch Right-hand screw

Time from hard-over to hard-over: 13 s
(2 pumps)
Thrusters (Position & Power): n/a
Rudder angle for neutral effects: 0.5°
Steering characteristics/rudder type:
Max angle - 35°
Semi balanced spade type

Equipment checked and ready for use

Anchors: Yes Cleared Away : Yes / No
Compasses: Gyro / Magnetic
Compass Error:
Speed log: Yes Doppler : Yes / No
Speed : Water / Ground
Axis : Single / Dual
Echo Sounder: Yes
GNSS: GPS Type:
ECDIS: Yes ECDIS terminals are set up correctly
for navigation in pilotage waters
with routes displayed?
X-Band Radar Yes Arpa : Yes / No
S-Band Radar: Yes Arpa : Yes / No
VHF (including handheld): Yes
Steering Gear: 1 Number of Power Units in Use:

Engine Telegraph: Yes

Rudder / rpm/rot indicators): Yes
Mooring Winches / Lines: Yes
Navigation Lights Yes
Whistles: Yes
Fuel Types
At Sea Non ECA: VLSFO ECA: LSMGO
In Port Non ECA: VLSFO ECA: LSMGO
Note: Use of different fuel oils MAY result in adjusted RPM’s. Where this is the case, the Master
MUST remind the pilot of possible deviations from the RPM table below during pilotage.

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Mooring Arrangements

Fore Aft

Maximum permissible bollard pull from tugs:

UNDER-KEEL CLEARANCE
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The company’s requirements for minimum under-keel clearance (assuming

accurate chart data) are as follows:

 Open Sea (FAOP): The minimum UKC in the dynamic condition is 50% of the static draft.

 Restricted Waters/Port Approaches/Harbour Transits (SBE): The minimum UKC in the

dynamic condition is 10% of the static draft.

 At Anchor: The minimum UKC is 10 % of the static draft.

 Tankers Only – SBM / CBM mooring: the minimum UKC is 10% of the static draft.

Alongside (1st Line Ashore to SBE):

For vessels <20m breadth: 0.30 metres

For vessels >20m breath: 1.5% of the ship’s beam

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Pilots are also reminded if increase in draft due to the effect of squat when
navigating in areas of restricted depth or in narrow channels.

Squat Figures

Speed (kts) Squat (Open Squat Squat (Rock

Water) (Canals/prismatic cuts / diametric
channels) channels)
A channel with unvarying A channel with Non-
cross-section and the constant uniform channel cross-
bottom slope is
called prismatic channel. All
section
the artificial channels are
usually prismatic.
Calculation Guidance 1 x Cb x V2 / 100 1.43 x Cb x V2 / 100 2 x Cb x V2 / 100
Answer is in metres, where Cb is the vessel’s block co-efficient and V is
the ships speed in knots.
3 0.07 0.10 0.15
4 0.13 0.19 0.26
5 0.20 0.29 0.41
6 0.29 0.42 0.58
7 0.40 0.57 0.80
8 0.52 0.74 1.04
9 0.66 0.94 1.31
10 0.81 1.16 1.62
11 0.98 1.40 1.96
12 1.17 1.67 2.34
13 1.37 1.96 2.74
14 1.59 2.27 3.18
15 1.83 2.61 3.65

* See VMS Fleet Operations Chapter 3 for advice on Squat calculations.

Equipment Operational Defects

Other Important Details (e.g. Ship windage area, position of the Automatic Identification system
(AIS) antenna, safe working load (SWL) of bollards)

Masters Signature: Date: 18.11.2022

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