Description
Prepare confidently for your Chief Mate Function 1 Orals with this comprehensive notes package authored by Anuj Kumar. The notes include detailed explanations, solved concepts, oral-exam patterns, and practical guidance used onboard — all compiled in a simplified, easy-to-revise format.
This guide covers all major topics asked in MMD Chief Mate Function 1 Oral exams, including:
📘 Topics Covered
- Bridge Team Management: Voyage planning (Appraisal–Planning–Execution–Monitoring), ECDIS use, safety margins, UKC, rest hours, and bridge manning.
- Passage Planning (Extensive Q&A): Multiple real exam questions such as PG–Japan, Mumbai–Rotterdam, Kochi–Jibouti, Houston–Rotterdam, and Chief Mate–specific considerations.
- Navigation in Various Conditions: Restricted Visibility, TSS, narrow channels, coastal navigation, heavy traffic areas, ice zones, monsoon conditions.
- Celestial & Terrestrial Navigation: Intercept method, great circle sailing, composite sailing, star sights, Polaris calculations, ex-meridian sights, running fix, twilight observations, cocked hat analysis.
- Tides & Oceanography: Spring/Neap tides, perigean tides, bore tides, weather tides, tidal effects, rectilinear currents, and practical precautions.
- Ice Navigation & Polar Code: Ice entry precautions, turning/backing in ice, avoiding beset conditions, berthing in ice, PWOM, ship categories (A/B/C), MARPOL/ SOLAS polar requirements.
- Emergency & Crisis Management: Grounding, beaching, collision, steering failure, stability inputs by Chief Mate, heavy weather preparations.
📚 Why This Notes Set Is Valuable
- Covers actual MMD oral questions with structured answers
- Includes step-by-step procedures used by experienced officers
- Written in simple language for faster revision
- Suitable for Chief Mate and Second Mate officers aiming to upgrade
- A complete Function 1 navigation knowledge package
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