| Preface | p. 7 |
| Foreword | p. 8 |
| Introduction | p. 9 |
| Safe watchkeeping | |
| SOLAS V/34: safe navigation and avoidance of dangerous situations | |
| Setting watches | |
| Solas V/15: bridge design and arrangement | |
| Bridge design in practice | |
| Integrated bridge and navigation systems | |
| Bridge management | |
| The bridge and sailing yachts | |
| Bridge Organisation Aboard the Yacht | p. 14 |
| Bridge Resource Management & the Bridge Team | p. 15 |
| The STCW Code | |
| Reassessing manning levels during the voyage | |
| Sole lookout | |
| The bridge team | |
| New crew and familiarisation | |
| Avoiding fatigue | |
| Alcohol and sailing | |
| Use of English by the watchkeeper | |
| Captain's standing orders and the bridge order book | |
| The Duties of the Watchkeeper | p. 21 |
| Captain's representative | |
| Primary duties of the watchkeeper | |
| Controlling the speed and direction of the yacht | |
| Pollution prevention, reporting and emergency situations | |
| Bridge attendance and maintaining a lookout | |
| General surveillance | |
| Lights, shapes and sound signals | |
| Avoiding collisions | |
| Recording bridge activities | |
| Periodic checks on equipment | |
| Checking orders | |
| Changing over the watch | |
| Calling the Captain | |
| Additional duties | |
| General Principles of Navigation Practice | p. 29 |
| Deviating from or leaving the passage plan | |
| Monitoring the progress of the yacht | |
| Voyage data recorders | |
| Plotting positions from electronic position-fixing systems | |
| Navigation in coastal or restricted waters | |
| Watchkeeping in restricted visibility | |
| Passage Planning: Establishing Safe Routeing | p. 33 |
| Overview | |
| Responsibility for passage planning | |
| Charts and publications | |
| The route plan | |
| Notes on passage planning in ocean waters | |
| Notes on passage planning in coastal or restricted waters | |
| Position monitoring techniques | |
| Pre-arrival planning | |
| Passage planning and ships' routeing | |
| Passage planning and yacht reporting systems | |
| Passage planning and vessel traffic services | |
| The Need for a Pilot on Board | p. 39 |
| Pre-arrival information exchange with the pilot | |
| Pilot on board | |
| Navigation responsibilities with a pilot aboard | |
| Captain/pilot information exchange on boarding | |
| The bridge team and the pilot | |
| Monitoring the pilotage | |
| Duties of the Watchkeeper at Anchor | p. 42 |
| Controlling the Speed & Direction under Power | p. 43 |
| Use of the engines | |
| Safe speed (both power and sail) | |
| Control, and different engine types | |
| Steering control under power | |
| Manoeuvring data | |
| Wash waves from high-speed craft | |
| Controlling the Speed & Direction under Sail | p. 47 |
| Use of sails | |
| Steering control under sail | |
| Reporting Pollution & Accidents | p. 49 |
| Pollution reporting obligations | |
| Reporting accidents | |
| Action to Take in Emergency Situations | p. 51 |
| Reporting | |
| Search and rescue | |
| Piracy | |
| Operation & Maintenance of the Bridge | p. 53 |
| General | |
| Bridge visits by guests | |
| Bridge tidiness | |
| Closed circuit television | |
| Good Radar Practice on Board | p. 55 |
| Range scales | |
| Radar plotting | |
| Radar and navigation | |
| Parallel indexing | |
| Heading and speed inputs | |
| Semi-automatic target acquisition | |
| Steering Gear & the Automatic Pilot | p. 58 |
| Testing of steering gear | |
| Forms of steering control | |
| Compass Systems on the Bridge | p. 60 |
| Magnetic compass | |
| Gyro compass | |
| Compass errors | |
| Speed, Distance & Depth | p. 61 |
| Types of speed measurement | |
| Recording of distance travelled | |
| Echo sounders | |
| Electronic Position-Fixing Systems | p. 62 |
| Global navigation satellite system | |
| GPS and DGPS | |
| Chart datum and accuracy | |
| Charts & Nautical Publications | p. 64 |
| Management of charts and publications | |
| Charts and nautical publications to use | |
| Format of electronic charts | |
| Official electronic charts | |
| Other electronic chart systems | |
| Radio Communication for Watchkeepers | p. 68 |
| Safety watchkeeping on GMDSS yachts | |
| VHF watchkeeping | |
| MF (300-3000kHz) watchkeeping | |
| Satellite watchkeeping | |
| Maritime safety information | |
| Radio log keeping | |
| Testing of equipment and false alerts | |
| GMDSS radio communication functions | |
| Emergency communications | |
| AIS - Automatic Identification System | |
| Routine or general communications | |
| Misuse of VHF communications | |
| Emergency Lights, Shapes & Sounds | p. 75 |
| Non-routine lights | |
| Non-routine shapes | |
| Non-routine sound signals | |
| Emergency Procedure Forms | p. 77 |
| Mayday VHF procedure | |
| Satcom distress procedure | |
| INMARSAT 'C' distress procedure | |
| Emergency Flowcharts | p. 81 |
| Collision flowchart | |
| Critical plant failure flowchart | |
| Flooding flowchart | |
| Grounding flowchart | |
| Heavy weather flowchart | |
| Man overboard flowchart | |
| Piracy flowchart | |
| Forms & Checklists | p. 89 |
| Specification for the yacht | |
| Additional specifications for a sailing yacht | |
| Preparation for sea: general checklist | |
| Preparation for sea: bridge checklist | |
| Passage plan and checklist | |
| Preparation for arrival in port | |
| Pilot card (1) | |
| Pilot card (2) | |
| Pilotage arrangements | |
| Bridge familiarisation checklist | |
| Useful Information | p. 102 |
| Beaufort wind scale | |
| International VHF channels and their uses | |
| Single letter signals | |
| Glossary | p. 105 |
| Index | p. 110 |
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