Experimental Verification of Simulation for Navigation Utilizing Current Sailing

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This paper deals with the effects of tidal currents on the weather routing for a small vessel in a narrow sea area. The computer simulation of the sailing based on the tidal simulation is carried out for the purpose of the optimum routing concerning the shortest navigation time for a small vessel. Also, the experiments of the sailing for an actual small vessel in the same sea area are carried out for the purpose of the examination of simulated results of current sailing.
The experimental data are compared with the results of current sailing simulation. Both results are very similar. As for the results, it was considered that the effects of tidal currents for ship sailing were very important for considering the optimum current sailing on a short navigation time. It was recognized that the tidal simulation for the weather routing of a small vessel was very effective.