%0 Journal Article
%A Yabuki, Hideo
%A Takemoto, Takahiro
%A Yamashita, K.
%A Saitoh, S.
%T On the Development of an Anchor Watch Supporting System for Small Merchant Ships
%J TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation
%V 6
%N 3
%P 331-335
%D 2012
%U ./Article_On_the_Development_of_an_Anchor_Yabuki,23,369.html
%X This paper describes the results of a study that aimed at developing an effective anchor watch supporting system to prevent dragging anchor accidents of small domestic merchant ships. The authors performed an experimental study using a training ship in order to investigate the characteristics of the hull movement of a ship lying at single anchor, the cable tension caused by the above movement and etc. Based on the results of the study, the authors propose a standard procedure for safe anchor watch and a new anchor watch supporting system using a PC, a DGPS and an anemometer.
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