Energy 18 – User Guide
1.3.1 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.
1.3.2 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. In Slovenia, this can be done at
the Maritime Directorate of the Republic of Slovenia. For further information about the
registration you can contact the Directorate or visit their website
http://www.up.gov.si/si/storitve/vpis_colnov/
. 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.
1.3.3 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
The vessel can navigate in the coastal area, larger gulfs, lakes and rivers.
D. Sheltered coastal area
Highest wind speed: up to 15 knots (up to 7.7 m/s)
Wave height: up to 0.5m
The vessel can navigate in smaller lakes, rivers and canals.
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