Unusable for a coastal approach, especially at night and in heavy rain falls. Provided with the application MaxSea on PC, an ECS equipment type, and not ECDIS ( ³), the watch crew uses a SHOM marine chart 6689 until 1:595.000, is a so-called ' landing' chart in the official nomenclature of paper charts. On the night of Saturday 31 May to June 1 2014, the Customs patrol boat Couach 32 meters DF48 'Arafenua' ran aground on the reef of atoll of Tikei, to 300 MN northeast from Tahiti by 14 ° 56',504S and 144 ° 32',436W on the North coast of Tikei Patrol boat Arafenua, 1June St 2014, 4h00 Local.Beyond the reports which I invite you to the rewarding reading ( ²), Let's look only at charting available on the crash scene. To consider only the two most recent groundings, It is clear that human errors concern the lack of discernment in relation to electronic charting whose vagueness ought to encourage boaters to more cautious in their approach to the dangers. In all these groundings (except for the last) human error investigation reports have also implicated electronic mapping and / or its interpretation, highlighting the lack of elementary prudence of boaters using inaccurate charts, or by nature, either their scale, either the seniority of the recorded surveys. For the most recent examples : the Marion Dufresne II in Crozet archipelago (2012), The’ USS Guardian in Philippines (2013), Customs patrol boat Arafenua in Tuamotu archipelago (2014), and highly publicized VOR65 Team Vestas Wind during the 2nd leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. Since the beginning of this decade the press recounted of spectacular sea groundings related to navigation errors. This may cause a little "old goatee" for some, but I assume. Trained in the old school of safety in Glénans Sailing School, the only bias I have to authorize me to express is the safeguarding of human life at sea. compact, a low numerical weight, easy to update, they are ideal for use on our mobile devices.Īccording to the good old adage that only fools don't change opinion, recent technical developments hardware and software, added to maritime events of recent years, led me to reflect on the accuracy of my opinion. I was for many years a strong advocate for vector maps.
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