Primary Bridge Instruments
Command the vessel using the engine telegraph and helm. Monitor targets on the ARPA radar and compensate for environmental drift to maintain your track.
ARPA X-Band Radar
RM
SPD 0.0 KT
HDG 000°
TGT: 0 TRACKED
Engine Telegraph
STOPHelm (Rudder Angle)
MIDSHIPSLive Vessel Data
Environmental Forces
Hydrodynamics & Physics
Understand how speed impacts draft (squat effect) and manipulate the 6 Degrees of Freedom model to visualize vessel response to wave action and loading.
↻ Six Degrees of Freedom (6DoF)
CARGO DECK
⇊ Shallow Water: Squat Effect
Squat is the downward hydrodynamic pull on a vessel moving through shallow water. Notice how the current SOG point travels up the exponential curve as speed increases.
Rules of the Road
Review the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs) core steering and sailing rules applicable to vessels in sight of one another.
Rule 14: Head-On
When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision each shall alter her course to starboard.
Rule 15: Crossing
When two power-driven vessels are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way.
Rule 13: Overtaking
Any vessel overtaking any other shall keep out of the way of the vessel being overtaken.
Telemetry Assessment
Review your recorded track data. Toggle the visualization to see how effectively you counteracted environmental set and drift forces over time.
Post-Simulation Report
Review your track line. A competent deck officer maintains their intended track regardless of external environmental forces (Set, Drift, and Leeway).
Track Visualization
Clicking the toggle button will reveal your entire X/Y coordinate history overlaid on the Conning Environment Canvas. Navigate back to the Conning tab to view your performance.