23CRUISE_OPEN 23ELECTRIC_OPEN – General manual
should especially take into account how to:
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increase of the safety at navigation
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learn how to navigate
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reduce your risk of collision and injuries at sea,
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obtain all registration documents. (contact state authorities for specifications)
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expand your navigation area,
2.3.1
Navigation ability
Reading, understanding and using this user guide is just as important as learning to
adequately control the vessel. This publication IS NOT a course on safe navigation and is
also NOT a manual on how to operate, how to anchor and how to tie the vessel. A safe
control of the vessel requires more skills, knowledge and awareness than is required for
driving a car or lorry.
As the driver, owner and user of the vessel you are responsible for it, therefore it is
necessary to inform yourself on safety and complete a course on safe navigation.
Furthermore, inform yourself on the correct handling of the vessel in case of emergency.
As the vessel traffic in closed seas is denser, you should also learn the rules of operating,
avoiding and manoeuvring the vessel.
2.3.2
Registration of the vessel
Every vessel needs to be included in the register before its first departure. This is carried
out in the office authorised for the registration of vessels (usualy Ministry of Maritime
Affairs). Informations, about registration of the vessel, can also be given by local
Alfastreet's representative. It is imperative that the registration is done before the first
departure. Apart from the registration in the country in which the vessel is most commonly
used, it is also necessary, in the event of navigating into the seas of another country, to
inform yourself on a possible additional registration of the vessel, as it is required by some
countries. The easiest option to do this is at the office which issues the navigation permit.
2.3.3
Vessel categories
The vessels are divided into four categories, according to their navigation capacity in
various weather conditions:
A. Ocean navigation area
Highest wind speed: over 40 knots (over 20.6 m/s)
Wave height: over 4m
The vessel can navigate in the ocean.
B. Offshore navigation area
Highest wind speed: up to 40 knots (up to 20.6 m/s)
Wave height: up to 4m
The vessel can navigate in the high seas.
C. Inshore navigation area
Highest wind speed: up to 27 knots (up to 13.9 m/s)
Wave height: up to 2m
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