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  2. Raymarine Marine Electronics - Wikipedia

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    Due to reorganizations in 1993 and 1998, the current Raymarine - at the time still under the name of the parent company - was created. In January 2001, Raymarine was formed when the division was acquired in a management buy-out backed by Hg. [4] In December 2004 the company was floated on the London Stock Exchange quadrupling Hg's investment. [5]

  3. Rudder angle indicator - Wikipedia

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    A rudder angle indicator is a device used to indicate the present position of the rudder blade, usually fitted near the Ship's wheel on the bridge and in the engine control room. [ 1 ] Rudder angle indicator of the MS Nordstjernen (1956) Rudder angle indicator

  4. Helmsman - Wikipedia

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    A professional helmsman maintains a steady course, properly executes all rudder orders, and communicates to the officer on the bridge using navigational terms relating to ship's heading and steering. A helmsman relies upon visual references, a magnetic and gyrocompass, and a rudder angle indicator to steer a steady course. The mate or other ...

  5. Ship stability - Wikipedia

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    However, that depends on the ship speed (higher is better) and various ship design aspects such as position, size and quality of the rudder positioning system (behaves as fast as a stabiliser fin). Also important is how quickly the ship will respond to rudder motions with roll motions (quick is better) and rate of turn (slow is better).

  6. Rudder - Wikipedia

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    A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water). On an airplane, the rudder is used primarily to counter adverse yaw and p-factor and is not the primary control used to turn

  7. Jury rigging - Wikipedia

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    Jury-rigging can be applied to any part of a ship; be it its super-structure (hull, decks), propulsion systems (mast, sails, rigging, engine, transmission, propeller), or controls (helm, rudder, centreboard, daggerboards, rigging). Similarly, a jury mast is a replacement mast after a dismasting. [2]

  8. Yaw string - Wikipedia

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    Some light twin-engine airplane pilots place yaw strings on their aircraft to help maintain control in the event of an engine failure, because the slip-skid indicator ball is not accurate in this case. [16] In a multiengine airplane with an inoperative engine, the centered ball is no longer the indicator of zero sideslip due to asymmetrical ...

  9. Rate of turn indicator - Wikipedia

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    Rate of turn indicator or ROTI on board vessels indicates the rate a ship is turning. It indicates the rate a ship is turning in degrees per minute (°/min) . It is one of the most important instruments a helmsman can have when steering a course. It can also be used to turn at a steady rate of turn, which is very important in pilotage water.