Inside this issue

All @ Sea - Updates, insights and resources to help with anchoring and anchorages

The Science of Anchoring - Captain Bill Hargreaves FNI describes the process of anchoring, from initial choosing and planning stages to final walking out and letting go

What makes a good anchor watch? - Captain George Papanelopoulos AFNI offers suggestions about what a ‘good’ anchor watch looks like in practice

WATCHOUT - How a bulk carrier crew’s failure to check the local weather forecast led to two vessels colliding in anchorage during strong, gusty winds

Who's navigating? - Deck cadet Raveen Chandran AMNI looks back at his first experiences on board ship

WAYPOINT - George Shaw from the Royal Institute of Navigation looks at how technology can enhance safety and support situational awareness during anchoring

Take 10 - Ten top anchoring tips for navigators to think about in future

29 Sep 2025

Take 10 #40: Managing GNSS

Ten top tips for managing GNSS – and the absence of it

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29 Sep 2025

WAYPOINT - Staying alert to jamming and spoofing

George Shaw from the Royal Institute of Navigation explores how GNSS can become vulnerable to jamming and spoofing and what mariners can do to stay on course

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29 Sep 2025

Who's Navigating? Sailing, shipping and building mutual respect

A love for life on the water led Third Officer Scarlett Barnett-Smith to pursue a rewarding career at sea

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29 Sep 2025

WATCHOUT - Loss of GPS leads to groundings, disruption and delay

In this series, we take a look at issues affecting the safety of mariners and the lessons that can be learned from incident reports and examples. The following case studies and analysis have been provided by Gard P&I Club

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29 Sep 2025

Taking action

Far from being a theoretical concern, recent incidents in geopolitical conflict zones have underscored the very real and immediate dangers posed by compromised global navigational satellite systems (GNSS).

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29 Sep 2025

GNSS jamming

GNSS such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou are key elements of positioning, navigation and timing. Their signals, however, can be affected not only by unintentional interference but also by intentional jamming. The growing reliance of ships on GNSS means that seafarers need to be aware of how GNSS jamming happens and how to detect it

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29 Sep 2025

NavBrief

Do you know where your ship is? Now imagine that the satellite navigation system has failed, and the position is now longer marked on the ECDIS – or is showing as somewhere the ship cannot possibly be. Now what happens?

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30 May 2025

All @ Sea - Watching out for whales

Whale strikes remain a concern for all seafarers, as does the protection and conservation of these marine giants. Read on for some useful links, tips and resources to help you learn more about avoiding strikes, understanding the habits of whales and factoring their preservation into passage planning. If you spot any broken links, or would like to suggest resources that we have not included here, please do get in touch!

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30 May 2025

WATCHOUT - Voluntary whale avoidance routing

In this series, we take a look at issues affecting the safety of mariners and the species with whom we share our oceans and seas.

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