AIDS TO NAVIGATION PRINCIPAL FINDINGS REPORT: IMPLEMENTATION AS A TEST OF DRAFT DESIGN MANUAL, INTERIM REPORT

The research reported here is a part of the U.S. Coast Guard's Performance of Aids to Navigation (AN) Systems Project. The objective of this project is to provide guidelines for the evaluation and design of AN systems in restricted waterways. Performance data available at an interim point in 1982 were used to develop the Draft SRA/RA (Short Range Aids) Systems Design Manual for Restricted Waterways. This report describes the implementation of the draft manual at sea. Implementation tested the recommendations contained in the manual by applying them to an actual waterway where the markings did not conform to the manual's simulator-based research findings, by making changes in the aid markings and by evaluating the contribution the changes made in shiphandling performance and safety.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report
• Corporate Authors:

  Eclectech Associates, Incorporated

  Post Office Box 178, Route 2, Technology Park
  North Stonington, CT  United States  06359

  United States Coast Guard

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  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Authors:
  • Marino, K L
  • Moynehan, J D
  • Smith, M W
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 117 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aids to navigation; Manuals; Recommendations; Ship simulators
• Geographic Terms: Narragansett Bay
• Old TRIS Terms: Channel marking; Restricted waters
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00653054
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Report/Paper Numbers: CG-D-04-85, 84-U-252
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 2002 12:00AM