Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Real Journeys
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Consider the fitting of more efficient rudders, to increase the wind speed within which the vessels can safely manoeuvre or to provide additional manoeuvrability in extreme conditions.
Reply Text
Recommendation declined on the following grounds;
1. Real Journeys ships are highly manoeuvrable, and can turn within their own length.
2. Discussions with Naval Architects and other professional maritime personnel indicate that high lift rudders will not improve efficiency and are inappropriate for the operating area and conditions.
3. The operating guidelines will negate the ships operating within extreme conditions
4. The cost of fitting high lift rudders exceeds Transport Accident Investigation Commission core statement of “safety at reasonable cost”
1. Real Journeys ships are highly manoeuvrable, and can turn within their own length.
2. Discussions with Naval Architects and other professional maritime personnel indicate that high lift rudders will not improve efficiency and are inappropriate for the operating area and conditions.
3. The operating guidelines will negate the ships operating within extreme conditions
4. The cost of fitting high lift rudders exceeds Transport Accident Investigation Commission core statement of “safety at reasonable cost”
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