AN excellent standard of seamanship is more difficult to achieve and maintain against the issues of reduced sea time, accelerated promotion and little opportunity to practice, according to the Nautical Institute, an international professional body for qualified seafarers.
This was the message delivered at the launch of the 12th edition of The Admiralty Manual of Seamanship, authored by the Royal Navy and published by The Nautical Institute.
The manual is intended to be a resource for seafarers to help fill in gaps in training or experience. The publication is a guide to safe operation of ships and preparing the ship for sea and keeping her seaworthy to protect crew and environment.
"Seamanship issues between navy and merchant service are not very different these days," said Nautical Institute president Robert McCabe.
"Cuts to both services mean that ancillary staff, including cooks and stewards, find themselves part of the mooring party with less training than the able seaman. For the officers in charge, the emphasis in training is on technology and weapons rather than seamanship," said Capt McCabe.
"The lack of seamanship skills was a topic that featured strongly in the Command seminar series the Institute held around the world last year, and I suspect the topic will also feature in the next five-year plan that the Institute is about to poll its members on," he said.
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21 April 2015 - 19:09
Latest edition of Admiralty Manual of Seamanship from Nautical Institute
AN excellent standard of seamanship is more difficult to achieve and maintain against the issues of reduced sea time, accelerated promotion and little opportunity to practice, according to the Nautical Institute, an international professional body for qualified seafarers.
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21 April 2015 - 19:09
Latest edition of Admiralty Manual of Seamanship from Nautical Institute
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