Pilot Boarding - Wake Risk

Wake-wash risk during pilot boarding - ship speed-height-above-water threshold before ladder unsafe.

PilotWakeBoarding

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Formula, assumptions, and limits

F_n \leq 0.15 \Rightarrow \text{Safe pilot boarding}

Symbol	Meaning	Unit
$F_n$	Froude number
$L$	LBP	m

Source: IMO MSC.1/Circ.1428

Wake-wash risk during pilot boarding - ship speed-height-above-water threshold before ladder unsafe.