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This Checklist is to be completed by the officer on Watch during onset of adverse weather and entry made in deck log book to record compliance with the checklist |
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| Master, engine room and crew been informed about expected bad weather and estimated time of start of bad weather | YES / NO / NA | |
| Chief Engineer informed that reduction in speed may be required, depending on severity of weather encountered. Engine room to be ready for manoeuvring | YES / NO / NA | |
| Speed and Course been adjusted as necessary or avoiding action taken, as the case may be, to ease the stress of weather on the vessel | YES / NO / NA | |
| Navigational watch strengthened | YES / NO / NA | |
| Appropriate meteorological instruments, weather fax charts (analysis / prognosis),weather reports, monitored at regular intervals and compared with the weather actually being experienced | YES / NO / NA | |
| Two hourly log-entries of meteorological conditions prevailing and vessel’s behaviour made | YES / NO / NA | |
| Weather Reports transmitted to the appropriate authorities or, in the case of Tropical Storms, danger messages transmitted in accordance with SOLAS | YES / NO / NA | |
| Crew been warned to avoid Upper Deck areas made dangerous by weather | YES / NO / NA | |
| All personnel have been specifically instructed not to go out on deck without permission of the Master | YES / NO / NA | |
| Safety Lines/Hand Ropes been Rigged where necessary | YES / NO / NA | |
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All scupper holes/freeing ports on deck kept clear. |
YES / NO / NA | |
| Slack ballast tanks pressed-up / pumped out, to eliminate sloshing damage in tanks. Heavy weather ballast taken on commencement of voyage or in ample time prior onset of heavy weather | YES / NO / NA | |
| After consultation with Master, draft, trim, GM adjusted for better handling of the vessel in heavy weather | YES / NO / NA | |
| All loose and movable objects particularly in the engine room, galley , accommodation and in storerooms properly secured | YES / NO / NA | |
| Ship’s accommodation been secured and all Ports and Deadlights closed | YES / NO / NA | |
| All closable vents on deck, cargo hatches / holds, forecastle , poop and around accommodation house have been checked closed and tight. Special attention to bunker tank vents and sounding pipes. | YES / NO / NA | |
| An internal means of securing the forecastle hatch rigged, such as a chain block providing a downward pull to hold the cover in place in the event that the dogs are sheared or displaced | YES / NO / NA | |
| Cable locker access doors and bitter end checked and confirmed tight; cable locker and forecastle space eductor confirmed clear and operational | YES / NO / NA | |
| All portable items in the forecastle space secured against movement and all rags, etc likely to block eductor suctions removed; | YES / NO / NA | |
| Control boxes for winch and valve operating levers where provided properly sealed and secured | YES / NO / NA | |
| All steel WT doors / booby hatches / hatch covers /engine room skylight /pump room /fore peak store /steering gear room been closed and tightened up. | YES / NO / NA | |
| All cargo lashings checked / tightened / doubled up as required. Cargo lashing equipments not in use secured ( Bulk cargo vessels ) | YES / NO / NA | |
| Anchors have been checked right up into hawse pipes with no free movement and additional wire lashings taken and tightened. Cable stoppers correctly set. | YES / NO / NA | |
| Spurling pipe steel-covers checked in position , cemented over if required and covered. | YES / NO / NA | |
| All mooring ropes on the mooring winches secured and covered | YES / NO / NA | |
| All gangways properly secured, and gangway motors covered with canvas. | YES / NO / NA | |
| Lifeboats /Embarkation ladders properly secured. Lifeboat equipment checked for lashings | YES / NO / NA | |
| Portable deck equipment, including forward life raft and boarding ladder, lifebuoys, fire hoses and nozzles, pilot ladder(s) etc moved to safe storage location | YES / NO / NA | |
| Deck cranes / Provision stores cranes / engine room cranes /bunker davit etc properly secured. | YES / NO / NA | |
| Special attention has been paid to securing paint, lubricants and chemical stores | YES / NO / NA | |
| All crockery, cutlery, tables, chairs, etc., secured in the mess rooms / pantries / stores. | YES / NO / NA | |
| Cook has been advised and has rigged galley and cold rooms for rough weather | YES / NO / NA | |
| All recreational equipment such as TV / VCR / Music Systems / Gymnasium equipments properly secured |
YES / NO / NA |
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