Uricanejack
Well-known member
Ok beginning I’m beginning to get the picture. I saw MapisM post regarding paddle action rather than fin action and found a paper published in 02 explaining the principle.
For a regular fin system marking would not be required since there would be no reason for it to be deployed unless the vessel was under way and making way.
It would appear to be a sensible precaution to have some form of marking on the side of a vessel equipped with this type of system which would be actively moving while at anchor. and probably rather rapidly.
Not just to warn random swimmers. The operator of small tenders or other small boats they might have on board might just find it useful to see exactly where they are located.
If no standard marking exist perhaps standard markings should.
If I owned or operated a vessel equipped with this type of system. It probably would not have occurred to me to put markings on the vessels side
If it did I would ask the manufacturer of the system what markings they recommend.
Other authority I might ask rather than ask an insurer.
I would ask a classification society. Lloyds, ABS, and DNV probably have someone who deals with the kind of vessel likely to be equipped with these type of systems. Its quite likely they have been asked before.
In any event I've learned something new today.
Thanks
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