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(5) to be able to find the deviation of a compass for a particular direction of the ship's head, by means of transit bearings of two shore objects; (6) to be able to find by two different fixes of the ship, and the cOUNG steered between them at a given speed, the amount of set and drift experienced.
33. Practical Navigation (2 hours-Marks 2001.
A candidate will be required-
(1) to show that he is familiar with the Abridged Nautical Almanac as
regards the Declination of the Sun:
(2) to ascertain the latitude from a given observation of the sun when on
the meridian;
(3) to show that be understands the difference between compass direction. magnetic direction and true direction, and is able to find the error and thence the deviation of the compass by-
(a) bearing of the sun at noon in the winter season, or at rislug or
setting of the sun at any season?
(b) approximately by bearing of the Pole Star.
14. Oral Examination in Seamanship.
A candidate must understand and give satisfactory answers to questions do the following subjecte—
(1) the use and adjustments of the sextant and the finding of index error
by the horizon;
(2) the use and reading of an aneroid barometer, a knowledge of the local typhoon signals and the normal tracks of typhoons in the China Sea: (3) the use and maintenance of a patent log:
(4) the marking and use of lead lines and other sounding apparatus:
(5) the Rule of the Road at Sen and the contents and application of the
Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea;
(6) the uniform system of buoyage and marking, and the wreck marking
system
(7) signals of distress and use of rockets and flares, and the penalties for
their misuse;
(8) the use of Line Throwing Rocket Apparatus in the event of stranding.
taking in tow or being towed;
(9) the correct action to be taken in case of a man overboard and the osc
and care of life-saving appliances:
(10) how to improvise and use a sea anchor;
(11) how to rig and use a jury rudder,
(12) the handling of a single screw small vessel in bad weather in heaving-10.
etc.:
(13) emergency action in regard to steering gear defects, engine breakdown.
firs on board, underwater damage or leaks, etc.;
(14) elementary questions on manoeuvring, getting under way, coming to an
anchor or buoy, etc.;
(15) general knowledge of the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Act and the Hong Kong Merchant Shipping Ordinance, relating to strandings, collisions or other shipping casualties, reports to be made in cases of death or injury to persons, return of crew lists and agreements 200 certificates of discharge:
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(16) the correct action to be taken and reports to be made in the event of the trawl fouling an underwater cable and the avoidance of areas where deep son cables are known to be laid;
(17) any other practical question relating to the duties of a person in charge
of a trawler which the examiners may think appropriate.
35. Signalling.
A candidate must be able to—
(1) send and receive morse at the rate of 4 words per minute;
(2) recognize the flags of the International Code and know the meanings
of the following single flag urgent and important signals-
A.D.F.K.L,O,R,U,V,
TRAWLING MASTER.
36. Pilotage (24 hours--Marts 200),
Candidates will be required to show a high degree of knowledge in the subjects specified in paragraph 32 of this Schedule and in addition thereto an adequate knowledge in the Following subjects—
(1) the one of the tide tables for the Standard Port of Hong Kong;
(2) the use of vertical danger angles taken by the sextant, and the distance of a lighthouse or point of land of known height from the point of observation;
(3) the method of fixing a ship's position by means of the bearing of a
shore object crossed with a celestial position line.
37. Practical Navigation (3 hours-Marks 200).
Candidates will be required to show a high degree of knowledge in the subjects specified in paragraph 33 of this Schedule and in addition thereto an adequate knowledge in the following subjects-
(1) how to find the error, and thence the deviation of a compass by means
of tables only or by means of time azimuth of the sun;
(2) how to determine the position line and position through which it passes by means of an altitude of the sun observed out of the meridian at a given Greenwich Mean Time by chronometer or deck watch;
(3) how to check a chronometer or deck watch by radio or visual time
signals.
38. Oral Examination in Seamanship,
Candidates will be required to show a high degree of knowledge in the subject specified in paragraph 34 of this Schedule and in addition thereto a knowledge in the following subjects-
(1) meteorology-sufficient to understand the meaning of weather bulleting and typhoon warnings broadcast for the use of Mariners in the China Seas;
(2) the maintenance and care necessary to keep a trawler in a sea-worthy condition at all times and closing appliances to below deck spaces;
(3) an elementary knowledge of the effects on the stability of a trawler of slack tanks (either water or fuel), loading on deck or overloading, and seas shipped on or below deck;
(4) methods of redoating after grounding;
(5) assisting a vessel in distress or aircraft on the water, rescuing the crew of a disabled vessel or aircraft and the use of oil in heavy weather.