Ship Simulator
English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: Ballast on March 12, 2009, 20:43:44
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Currently im following a course for my radar license. The school has 6 bridges + 1 instructors bridge, the bridges have a view of 120 degrees. All bridges are fitted with ARPA radar, ECDIS with AIS, VHF, MF/HF, Navtex, GPS, gyro pilot. The exercises are really realistic, had a few excercises where suddenly the GPS falls out or the gyro pilot crashes. When crossing the English channel for example, you also have to contact Gris Nez traffic or Dover coastguard by VHF. Before every excercise you have to do some small voyage planning. Calculating the tide and current, check the used VHF channels etc. etc.
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Instructors bridge, all vessels can communicate with VTS, coast guard and other vessels, operated by the instructor, via voice over lan.
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I want one of those!
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Part of the bridge console. Joystick is for bearings, searchlight and binoculars.
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ECDIS (left) and the conning display. Conning display shows all the information about the own vessel.
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Crossing the English channel, enroute from Dover to Calais with 2 PI lines on the MPC racon buoy. Crossing the traffic lanes reminded me of a old internet game, where you have to cross a highway with a frog or something. I had to cross the lanes with a small general cargo vessel with a service speed of 11 knts while there were container vessels crossing with 25 knts :-\
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Detail picture of the radar screen.
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Nice gear!
It's my birthday on Monday. Must tell the wife what to buy me..... :evil:
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I wish I had that! Must have been expensive.
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I have no clue what they payed for it, but i do know what i had to pay for the radar course.... :-\
They are still extending and improving the simulator. I believe it's from Konberg or something.
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Cool, order me one of those simulators looks awsome. Oh wait, I need to get a few more dollars first. :lol:
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Ballast
Why do you bother with ShipSim then, must seem rather boring after a real sim?
Mike
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Ballast
Why do you bother with ShipSim then, must seem rather boring after a real sim?
Mike
They have their problems too :)
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Hi Ballast,
That little lot makes what I used to do look like childs play ::). I taught on the British Radar Observer course for three years, long, long ago, we just had static radars overlooking the river Mersey on the west wall of Gladstone Dock. True motion was in it's infancy then, which perhaps gives you an idea of how long ago. I reckon I would be at a total loss nowadays. :'(
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I'm maybe going to try a simulator next friday,, were going to the nautical school with my engineering class, good that we are only four people + teacher
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Hi Ballast,
That little lot makes what I used to do look like childs play ::). I taught on the British Radar Observer course for three years, long, long ago, we just had static radars overlooking the river Mersey on the west wall of Gladstone Dock. True motion was in it's infancy then, which perhaps gives you an idea of how long ago. I reckon I would be at a total loss nowadays. :'(
I agree with you, that it looks easy compared to the days when people sailed around the world with a sextant and a chronometer. But then again, there werent any large container vessels then who traveled through Dover strait with 25 knts. It's strange for me to imagine, that back then True Motion was in it's infancy. Nowadays everybody sails on Relative Motion.
Maybe the thought cheers you up that if you place a modern mariner 50 yrs back in time, he also would be total loss.
I passed my radar exams this morning, 1 written exam about radar theory, 1 oral exam with the examinator and a external official and after that i had to sail on the simulator. I was in the north east going lane and had to cross the TSS heading to Dover according to COLREG and the proper use of VHF. All went well, only a French fisherman gave me a hard time who thought the fish was swimming in front of my bow. But then again, i would be insulted if he didnt try to annoy me ;D
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:thumbs: CONGRATULATIONS! :thumbs:
How long before you get your license?
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Thank you :) I got my radar license right after examination, they are allowed to do that on location. This was the last course i had to follow for my 'chief mate under 3000 gt' ticket. Now i only need to make some more sea service days to retrieve it.
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Congrats on passing the exam Ballast, that certainly sounds a difficult thing to do!
:thumbs: to you.
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Congratulations! Hopefully I will be you in a few years time! :) :thumbs:
Good luck! Hope you have a fantastic career ahead of you!
Jack :)
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Nice gear!
It's my birthday on Monday. Must tell the wife what to buy me..... :evil:
Mine on Tuesday - no point asking the wife... :D
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Just got back from a 5 day course a simulator centre. The simulator centre is based at a Dutch island, Terschelling, just off the Dutch coast which takes about 2 hrs by ferry.
Ship Simulator Pro
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DP console for the 'Dynamic Position' system.
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Bridge used for fast ferry training.
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Bridge for DP training.
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Their biggest bridge, used for conventional vessels. Bridge is placed in a cylindrical shaped space which gives the simulator a view of 360 degrees.
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Bridge console where i spend most of my time this week. All bridges are equiped with everything you can imagine on a real vessel like radar, VHF, AIS, EDCIS, navtex, echo sounder etc. etc.
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Instructors bridge.
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Cargo handling training, had to top up the cargo tanks of a tanker and trim her with ballast.
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Engine room simulator, main engine was a Sulzer with 66.000 bhp (50 mega Watt)
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Virtual 3D engine room, you can walk through the engine room with a joystick and operate stuff like valves and so.
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View from my hotel room :P
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After all the hard work at the simulator, relaxing in the hotel pool is also very important ;D
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Buoy depot.
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Buoy laying vessel of the Dutch coast guard.
Some stuff the local diving club found in the Northsea.
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Command tower of the English submarine E-26, missing in action with 31 souls on board since 3rd of july 1917.
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The island's Lighthouse, also used as VTS centre.
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Last but not least, the Arie Visser ;D
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Looks like you having fun. I like the pictures, especially from the real simulators :thumbs:
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Great shots Ballast!
:newcaptain: :newcaptain:
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Thanks for the comments guys :)
A short movie i made, while riding the waves ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRg8tyGcHiI
Quality isnt that good, crappy cell phone and crappy converting progam.
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looks like a real nice simulation! :thumbs:
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Gee I thought duel screen Tower Simulator was good. ;)
www.towersimulator.com
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Shame I don't have any pics of the big bridge simulator I visited after radarcourse in Rotterdam many years ago. It was from Norcontrol and technicians were busy then adjusting several things and they could use a volunteer captain on the bridge. Experienced 2 short runs also with tug operations, it was just GREAT!
Kees 8)
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Sounds like great fun. Certainly a session to treasure! ;D
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That looks extremely cool. Technology these days, makes me feel jealous! I think I need to start saving and building!
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hey, here we go, just dug out my radar observer certificate 1975
& radar simulator certificate 1982.
we used chinograph pencils to plot the ships then, i guess it's all done for you now.
but i have to say wow .......
what's it gonna be like in 25 years from now ?
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Ballast, to wich school are you going?
I want to go to Vlissingen next school year for my first year in maritime officer (& engine room I thought).
I heard that that school allso goes to Terschelling for 2 weeks.
Funny to see a simulator wich I am probably allso going to use.(in the future)
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http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lairdsidemaritimecentre
This one is a couple of miles from my home. I have written to ask if I might visit as an Ex. lecturer but so far no reply.
Built by Kongsberg Norcontrol also, the Company seems to have a monopoly as similar simulators by them are around the world.
Angus.
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Back on the simulator again, this time for my 'radar navigation management level' license' ::) Formerly known as 'radar navigator'.
On the picture i'm approaching the port of IJmuiden (which leads to the port of Amsterdam) in the Netherlands with an anchor handling tug. Even passed the locks, the vessel reacts very realistic with maneuvering!
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Ballast, to wich school are you going?
I want to go to Vlissingen next school year for my first year in maritime officer (& engine room I thought).
I heard that that school allso goes to Terschelling for 2 weeks.
Funny to see a simulator wich I am probably allso going to use.(in the future)
I'm sorry, i missed your question! I think i was at sea when you posted it.
I'm at school in IJmuiden. I first followed the 'mate for ships not larger than 3000 course', now im upgrading my license to 'mate, no limitations' (strange name btw, like a mate doenst have any limitations ;D).
I'm taking the 'advanced courses', from the start to getting your 'all ship license' takes about 8 months at school instead of the 4 years that it normally takes. I got in, because of my experience because i already sailed for 6 years on barges.
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http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/lairdsidemaritimecentre
This one is a couple of miles from my home. I have written to ask if I might visit as an Ex. lecturer but so far no reply.
Built by Kongsberg Norcontrol also, the Company seems to have a monopoly as similar simulators by them are around the world.
Angus.
Kongsberg indeed seems to have a monopoly position in the simulator industrie. You see them everywhere. It will be hard for Vstep to get their share of the pie. I sailed on both the Vstep and the Kongsberg simulator, but in my opinion Vstep is aiming more on graphics instead of realism to be honoust.
I think Vstep can get it's advantage by the scenario's their making, Kongsberg seems to have a slow start on that.