principles of navigation by joseph and rewari pdf

Understanding ship stability is critical for all maritime students and professionals studying for a deck or engineering certificate of competency, or seeking promotion to a higher rank within marine companies or institutions because stable vessels don’t capsize! The book, Stability, Trim and Cargo Calculations on M. But, for an officer managing large ocean liner of today, it has to be more precise than that for, it is the nautical officers’ business to value the basic principles of stability and make them central to his/her responsibility that affects the ship’s operations.

The easy answer to, “Why do ships float?” is “because they don’t leak or have a hole in them”! Although this is true, but it was Archimedes – the man who while taking a bath exclaimed eureka - gave us a more detailed explanation known as Archimedes’ Principle. Stability, Trim and Cargo Calculations on Saujanya Sinha, Associate Director, Academic Research, ARI.) The ability to put together a few words on the books is only an indication as to how the subjects have been covered and conveyed in the simplest of forms for anyone to comprehend and the writer is able to assure this by not only having studied from these books, but being a fortunate seafarer to have been a student of Capt. Presented below is only an attempt, by the writer, to review the three books. Joseph.'These publications, published by ARI, have become the cornerstone for maritime teachers across the globe.' His mentoring approach was not limited to the classroom alone for his endeavour to reach out to a seafarer is continued by his legacy of having co-authored three books with his long-time friend and associate, Capt. He was a mentor in true sense of the word and he is thus remembered by Indian seafarers commanding large ships of today. A selfless educator and a visionary, he always believed in empowerment of the seafarer through tutoring and training be it by way of pushing the maritime education policy in India or closely interacting with the students of the mercantile marine profession. Rewari was the doyen of maritime and education in India.

Principles of navigation by joseph and rewari pdf