For different types/sizes/classes of ships, do they have weather ratings? That is, given a certain ship is there a qualitative or quantitative measure of what level of sea state it can handle?
If so, where can I obtain such information?
2007-03-28 08:07:58 · 3 answers · asked by SHAI T 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
if not there should be coast guard should know
2007-03-28 08:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The US Coast Guard ( www.uscg.mil) will inspect and certify small passenger vessels ( under 249 passengers, under 300 feet ) for a"route".........river, bays and sounds, near coastal ocean.......based on their stability and strength........offshore for big merchant and passenger vessels, the system is a little vaguer; American Bureau of Shipping ( ABS) and Lloyd's of London have ship classification ratings that, amongst other things, consider worse weather expected in the normal operation areas......like "Lloyd's 100A1 Ice" would be able to operate in the winter North Atlantic and in areas of ice flows and sheets......but note ABS and Lloyd's are for insurance purposes, as opposed to national Authority like a Coast Guard saying no more than 12 foot seas and 50 knots of wind...........where and how you operate is still left to companies and the Master's decisions......look at the US Coast Guard, the British Maritime and Coast Guard Authority, ABS, and the UN International Maritime Organization ( www.imo.org) for more
2007-03-29 08:17:45 · answer #2 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry there isn't anything like that. The closest thing having to do with the weather is one part of the plimsoll mark on the side of the ship. It shows a line that you can not load past if you are going to the north Atlantic during winter.
2007-03-29 05:55:08 · answer #3 · answered by T C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋