BSc Nautical Sciences VPCP I Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 4.69, 4.70 and 4.71 of the Academic Council of 23 July 2020, in force from the academic year 2020-21. The University’s earlier Credit Based Semester and Grading System syllabus is what her older third-year timetables name, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for VPCP I
Module I: VOYAGE PLANNING
- Meaning of Chart Datum. Reference point used for heights. Nature of bottom. Depth Contours. Information regarding lights. Height, colour and characteristics of lights. Use of leading lights for safe navigation in harbour. Horizontal sectors of lights and their use by navigators in keeping clear of submerged dangers to navigation. Use of sectors in laying courses. Use of clearing marks and horizontal and vertical danger angles. Sailing round an arc. COLLISION PREVENTION IRPCS Part B – Section – II – Rules 11 – 15. Conduct of vessel in sight of one another, Responsibilities to keep out of way when two sailing vessels are on collision course. Responsibility to keep out of way when one vessel is overtaking another vessel of any type. Action to be taken by a vessel when meeting another vessel head on. Responsibility to keep out of way when two vessels are crossing each other.
Module II: VOYAGE PLANNING
- True, Magnetic and Compass North. Variation. Annual rate of change of variation. How to obtain variation from date given on the compass Rose. Deviation of the compass. The Deviation Card. True, magnetic and Compass course. Conversion of one to another. The compass error for the ship’s head. True, magnetic and Compass bearings. Conversion of one to another. Gyro Error, High and Low, Conversion of Gyro courses to True course and vice versa. COLLISION PREVENTION IRPCS Part B – Section – II – Rules 16 – 18. Duty of the vessel which has the right of way (Stand on & Give way vessels). Action to be taken by such vessel required to keep out of way is not taking avoiding action. Right of way between a normal power driven vessel, a vessel not under command, a vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre, a vessel engaged in fishing, a sailing vessel and a vessel constrained by her draft.
Module III: VOYAGE PLANNING
- The effect of current on course steered. Set and drift. The effect of wind on course steered. Leeway. The dead Reckoning Position, Estimated Position and Observed Position (Fix). Different methods of position fixing. Reasons for “Cocked Hat”. COLLISION PREVENTION IRPCS Part B – Section – III – Rules 19. Conduct of vessel in restricted visibility, Applicability. Determination of risk of collision when another vessel is detected by radar alone. Actions to be taken / avoided to prevent close quarter situation with a vessel detected on radar alone. Action to be taken when fog signal of another vessel is heard but vessel is not seen though it may have been detected by radar
Module Practical
- VOYAGE PLANNING
- 1 To plot position lines obtained by terrestrial observation.
- 2 To find compass course to steer between two positions on the chart so as to counteract the given set and drift of current and given leeway
- 3 To find the course and distance made good, given course steered, set and drift of current and leeway.
- 4 To find the course and speed made good and the set and drift, given the course steered, speed, duration and the initial and final observed positions.
- 5 To find the course from a given position so as to pass a lighthouse at given distance when abeam with & without current Note – Collision Prevention Practical Syllabus same as Theory syllabus.
Reference Books
- 1 Chartwork Capt. S.S. Chaudhari
- 2 Chartwork for Mariners Capt. S.K. Puri
- 3 Marine Chartwork D.A. Moore
- 4 IMO Rule of the Road Bhandarkar Publication
- 5 International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea IMO
- 6 Manual of the Rule of the Road Capt. S.K. Puri Objective: - This subject exposes the students to Ship Operation Technology Paper- I, Cargo Work & Marine Communication & Naval Architecture Paper - I
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Nautical Science) under the Choice Based Credit and Grading System, in force from the academic year 2020-21. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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