Reducing collision risk by
improving small vessel detectability The problem... - Small vessels constructed of wood or fiberglass are difficult to detect by radar.
- Even if producing a radar return, small vessels can be obscured by the trough of passing swells and make for intermittent radar targets.
- The NTSB investigated a casualty in which two vessels - a 23-foot- long center-console boat with a fiberglass hull and a 154-foot-long US Coast Guard cutter - collided because neither crew saw the other vessel approaching, either visually or by electronic means. Had the fiberglass boat been equipped with a radar reflector, it may have appeared on the cutter’s radar, providing the cutter’s crew an opportunity to detect the boat. Similarly, had the boat been equipped with an automatic identification system (AIS) transponder, the cutter’s crew may have been aware of the boat.
Read the NTSB safety alert for more details at
https://bit.ly/3QYfRAn.
Town Quay, Poole, welcomed not one but two heritage steamships
Photo credit: Kevin Mitchell
During late August and September, Poole welcomed two beautifully preserved steamships to Town Quay, with both alongside on 4 September although sadly not at the same time.
The Southampton-based Shieldhall arrived on 28 August for its customary week-long visit to coincide with the Bournemouth Air Festival, offering open days and trips out into Poole Bay. Meanwhile, the paddle steamer Waverley made the 500-nautical-mile journey from Glasgow to arrive on the south coast on 30 August with an overnight stay alongside Swanage Pier.
Public sailings began on 1 September including a meeting at sea with Shieldhall on 4 September, after which the paddler called at Poole following the delayed departure of Shieldhall back to Southampton. Both ships were assisted at Poole by the port tug Herbert Ballam.
What a spectacular sight for those lucky enough to see it.
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