The author has written a book which will appeal immediately not only to apprentices and cadets but also to seasoned mariners. here is the knowledge, apart from that which is gained by years of pacing a ship's deck, which is a neccesary to handle a vessel at sea. Since it was first published in 1962, The Theory and Practice of Seamanship has been continuously revised culminating to date in thi…
The impact of control system design on ship performance has been significant in different applications of ship motion control: course keeping, station keeping, roll stabilisation and vertical motion/riding control, diving, path following, etc. This monograph introduces ship motion control by studying the particular problems of control system design for course autopilots with rudder roll stabili…