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Vessel Communication Log To WDA 2917 #1100209 Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin,.

1 Vessel Communication Log To WDA 2917 # Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin,. 500 North Harbor Drive Milwaukee, WI

2 Effective: June 6, 2008 Updated November 15, 2012 Person In Charge (PIC) Emergency procedure if Communications with Vessel Fails. The Person in Charge (PIC) is responsible for daily vessel communications. First PIC Contact: Jeff Phillips: Cell: Office: Second PIC Contact: Chuck Aumann: Office: , Cell Alternate PIC Contact: Terry McMahon: Office: , Cell: (Alternate PIC s will be pre-arranged & informed to the Ship s Captain.) The Captain of the vessel, or the Captain s designate communicates verbally every day to the PIC between 8 & 11 a.m. central time (CST) (i.e. telephone, cell phone, sat- phone, text or appropriate means necessary). If the vessel is unable to establish verbal communications by 11 a.m., they are to contact the secondary PIC. If unable to establish contact with the first or second PIC, the third PIC must be called. If unable to contact any PIC, the vessel is to proceed toward the nearest Coast Guard or coastal radio station and make contact using the most appropriate means and request that the PIC be informed. If the PIC does not receive a call from the vessel by 11 a.m., the vessel will be called directly through cell phone, sat phone, shore facility or appropriate means necessary. If the vessel cannot be contacted directly, the PIC will contact the secondary PIC and third contact. If no contact with the vessel has been made by 1 p.m., the PIC will activate the Company Emergency Plan as follows: The PIC will contact the closest United States Coast Guard facility nearest to the last known position of the vessel. The PIC will inform that station of the situation as information only, giving all pertinent details. The PIC will request of the USCG: If they have received radio (or other) communications from the vessel. To attempt marine radio communications with the vessel. Stand by for a request of SAR (search and rescue) by the PIC at/or before 8 p.m. CST The USCG may advise alternate plans, of which would be followed. The USCG will be notified immediately upon contact with the vessel. The PIC will notify the Primary Marine Emergency Response Team with information that the plan is in effect: The second PIC (Chuck Aumann or Jeff Phillips or designate) Senior Captain (if not on the boat) Terry McMahon Head of the Marine Committee Joel Brennan-President & CEO The PIC will attempt communications on the hour, or as necessary with vessel. The PIC may employ any means necessary to verify location of the vessel (i.e. marinas, web cams, etc.) If no contact is made by 7 p.m. CST, the PIC will notify current status to the Primary Marine Emergency Team. At 8 p.m. the PIC will contact the USCG to request an official SAR (Search And Rescue). All members of the Primary Marine Emergency Team, the Emergency Response Group, and all pertinent administrative personnel of Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin will be contacted. A central meeting location will be designated (most likely the administrative office) where further strategy will be implemented.

3 Effective: June 6, 2008 Updated November 15, 2012 Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin Marine Resource Personnel Emergency Response Director(s) Terry McMahon (Vice Chairman) Office Desk Cell Home Joel Brenan (CEO) Desk Cell Assistant to the Director(s) Jeff Phillips Marine Mgr-PIC Desk Cell Chuck Aumann - Sr. Systems Admin. Desk Cell Tiffany Krihwan Sr. Captain Desk Cell Secretary Joe Ewing Marine Ed. Officer Desk Cell Media/News Rich Cieslak Marketing Director Desk Cell Medical Advisor Ron Pirrallo Medical Advisor Office Pager Home Cell hour medical advisory service for vessel Medaire Inc East McDowell Road, Ste 204 Phoenix, AZ USA Emergency Number: Vessel Insurance Vendor McClone Insurance Crossroads Circle #300 Waukesha, WI Chris Wilson (Agent) Office: x6946 S/V Denis Sullivan Hull # Radio Call # WDA 2917 Ships Cell: Ships Sat: Wisconsin DNR ID: SARSET (rescue beacons) #2DCC3 60C70 FFBFF #2DCE FFBFF #2DEC FFBFF #2DCE FFBFF Vessel Insurance: Insured through Chubb Insurance Local provider: Mclone Insurance Rep: Chris Wilson, x6946

4 Effective: June 6, 2008 Updated November 15, 2012 COMMANDING OFFICER US COAST GUARD MARINE SAFETY OFFICE Boston Tel: (617) Commercial Street Boston, MA proverb Portland Tel: (207) Commercial Street Portland, ME Providence Tel: (401) Risho Ave East Providence, RI MARINESAFETY DETACHMENT/CITAT Cape Cod Marine Safety Field Office c/o CG Air Station Bldg Otis ANGB, MA Group/MSO Long Island Sound Tel: (203) Woodward Avenue New Haven, CT Philadelphia Tel: (215) One Washington Avenue Philadelphia, PA Hampton Roads Tel: (840) 441/3302 Norfolk Federal Bldg 200 Granby Mall, Suite 700 Norfolk, VA Wilmington Tel: (910) North 23 rd Street Wilmington, NC Miami Tel: (305) US Coast Guard Emergency Contact Information PO Box Miami, FL Tampa Tel: (813) Columbia Drive Tampa, FL COMMANDING OFFICER US COAST GUARD MARINE SAFETY OFFIC Jacksonville Tel: (904) Arlington Expy Suite 400 Jacksonville, FL Savannah Tel: (912) Juliette G Low Federal Bldg 100 W Oglethorpe Ave Suite 1017 Savannah, GA Charleston Tel: (843) Tradd Street Charleston, SC San Juan Tel: (787) PO Box San Juan, PR MARINE SAFETY DETACHMENT/CITAT St Thomas Tel: (809) PO Box 818 St Thomas, VI Sault Ste. Marie Tel: (906) C/o CG Group Sault Ste. Marie, MI Chicago Tel: (63) W 83 rd Street, Suite D Burr Ridge, IL MARINE SAFETY DETACHMENT/CITAT Grand Haven 650 South Harbor Drive Grand Haven, MI Milwaukee Tel: (414) S Lincoln Memorial Dr Milwaukee, WI MARINE SAFETY DETACHMENT Sturgeon Bay Tel: (920) N 12 th Avenue PO Box 446 Sturgeon Bay, WI Detroit Tel: (313) Mt Elliot Ave Detroit, MI Toledo Tel: (419) Madison Avenue Suite 700 Toledo, OH Cleveland Tel: (216) East Ninth Street Cleveland, OH Buffalo Tel: (716) Fuhrmann Blvd. Buffalo, NY MARINE SAFETY DETACHMENT/CITAT Massena PO Box Andrews St Massena, NY Duluth Tel: (218) S Lake Avenue Duluth, MN Note: All are Marine Safety Offices unless immediately preceded by the Marine Safety Detachment heading.

5 Communication Log Protocol TIME: Military time, read off GPS. Example: 4:05 pm = 16:05 LAT & LONG: Read off the GPS. Report minutes to the nearest 10 th decimal place. Example: COURSE: This is the course steered or intended to be steered over the last hour. If the officer on deck has ordered a new course within the last hour report the course steered for the majority of the hour. SPEED: This is speed over the ground. Reported in knots (nautical miles per hour), and read off the GPS. NUMBER ON BOARD: List total compliment, include crew, passengers, students, others. SAIL PLAN: Check those that are set at time of report. Report any alternative settings in Daily Highlights, i.e.: reefing the stay. WATER DEPTH: Report in feet and read from the bottom right (large white) number on depth sounder. The depth sounder is only reliable to 1000 feet however, for depths greater than this use the fixed position on the chart and record the number nearest this position. Look to the edges of the chart to determine if the soundings are in feet, meters or fathoms. Conversion: 1 fathom = 6 feet, and 1 meter = 3.3 feet. TEMPERATURE: Recorded in Fahrenheit. Air: Read off the digital temp instrument mounted to the wall above the coat hooks. Record outside (bottom) temperature never inside (top). Sea: Read bottom left small white number on depth sounder. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE: Atmospheric pressure as indicated by the aneroid barometer on the wall. Read the outside circle measured in millibars rounded to the nearest 0.5 (example: or 1013 which ever it is closest to). You may use the brass reference hand (turn the little knobby in the center) to help extend the reading out to the outer circle. You may also use this as a quick indicator to see if there is a change in the pressure next time you read WIND: Air in horizontal motion over the earth Direction: The direction from which the wind blows. The effect of the wind on the observer himself, the ship s rigging, flags, etc., is used as a guide, but estimates based on these indications give the relative/apparent wind which must be corrected for the motion of the ship before an estimate of the true wind direction can be obtained. The wind will always cause tiny ripples extending like horizontal ridges on the surface. Draw a perpendicular line to those ridges with your arm, and walk it back to the compass. Beaufort Force: This is a method for estimating wind speed by using the appearance of the seas surface. This way you account for true wind speed minus the effect of the ships apparent wind. The state of the sea disturbance, i.e. the dimensions of the waves, the presence of white caps, foam, or spray, depends principally on three factors: 1.The wind speed. The higher the speed of the wind, the greater is the sea disturbance. 2. The wind s duration. At any point on the sea, the disturbance will increase the longer the wind blows at a given speed, until a maximum state of disturbance is reached. 3. The fetch. This is the length of the stretch of water over which the wind acts on the sea surface from the same direction. See laminated Beaufort Scale Chart.

6 Beaufort Wind Scale Developed in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort of England Force 0 Wind (Knots) Less than 1 WMO Classification On the Water Appearance of Wind Effects On Land Calm Sea surface smooth and mirror-like Calm, smoke rises vertically Light Air Scaly ripples, no foam crests Light Breeze Gentle Breeze Moderate Breeze Fresh Breeze Strong Breeze Near Gale Gale Strong Gale Storm Violent Storm Hurricane Small wavelets, crests glassy, no breaking Large wavelets, crests begin to break, scattered whitecaps Small waves 1-4 ft. becoming longer, numerous whitecaps Moderate waves 4-8 ft taking longer form, many whitecaps, some spray Larger waves 8-13 ft, whitecaps common, more spray Sea heaps up, waves ft, white foam streaks off breakers Moderately high (13-20 ft) waves of greater length, edges of crests begin to break into spindrift, foam blown in streaks High waves (20 ft), sea begins to roll, dense streaks of foam, spray may reduce visibility Very high waves (20-30 ft) with overhanging crests, sea white with densely blown foam, heavy rolling, lowered visibility Exceptionally high (30-45 ft) waves, foam patches cover sea, visibility more reduced Air filled with foam, waves over 45 ft, sea completely white with driving spray, visibility greatly reduced Smoke drift indicates wind direction, still wind vanes Wind felt on face, leaves rustle, vanes begin to move Leaves and small twigs constantly moving, light flags extended Dust, leaves, and loose paper lifted, small tree branches move Small trees in leaf begin to sway Larger tree branches moving, whistling in wires Whole trees moving, resistance felt walking against wind Whole trees in motion, resistance felt walking against wind Slight structural damage occurs, slate blows off roofs Seldom experienced on land, trees broken or uprooted, "considerable structural damage" WAVE: Waves generated by friction between the wind and a fluid surface acting on the water over the ships regional area. They will form parallel lines of wave trains. The character of the waters surface (height, length, and direction) will all be generated locally. As opposed to SWELL which is generated out of the local area. Height: measured from trough to crest of wave. Use a reference you know like your own height make believe you are in the trough of the wave. Does it come up to your calf knee, waist, or over your head (god forbid). Wave Crest: The highest part of a wave. Wave Trough: The lowest part of a wave formed between successive wave crests. Direction: the direction from which the wave is moving. Once you establish the parallel lines of the wave train, draw a perpendicular line to the wave then walk this back to the compass and this is wave direction.

SWELL: is the name given to waves, generally of considerable length, which were raised in some distant area and which have moved into the vicinity of the ship, or to waves raised nearby that continue

7 SWELL: is the name given to waves, generally of considerable length, which were raised in some distant area and which have moved into the vicinity of the ship, or to waves raised nearby that continue after the wind, has diminished or changed direction. The direction of swell waves is usually different from the direction of the wind and the sea waves. Swell waves are not considered when estimating wind speed and direction. Only those waves raised by the wind blowing at the time are used for estimation. The wind driven waves show a greater tendency to break when superimposed on the crests of swell, and hence, more whitecaps may be formed than if the swell were absent. Under these conditions, the use of the wave criteria may result in a slight overestimate of the wind speed. In contrast the term WAVE is applied to the waves still in the generating area. As these waves travel away from the area in which they formed, the shorter ones die out. The surviving waves exhibit a more regular and longer period with flatter crests. Height & Direction: Use the same method for wave determination above.

8 CLOUD COVER: That portion of the sky that is covered by clouds, measured in percentages to the nearest tenth of sky covered. An accurate method is to break the sky up into 4 quadrants, and hold your arms at a 90 angle to represent the 4 quads. In each quad envision a line straight from the top of your head to the sky, and two lines extending from your hands out to the horizon. Envision this as a piece of pie and guesstimate the percentage of sky covered. If it is a thin cirrus cloud with bluish background it is still covered. But if it is a lot of broken cumulus clouds take into account all the blue sky space in between. Obtain a percentage for all quads, add them together and divide by 4 for the average overall cloud cover. (If this is too much I can just say guesstimate.) CLOUD TYPE: See laminated GLOBE cloud chart. Write abbreviations small to fit them all in space. List from left to right, the most dominant type to the least. There are 3 main genera of clouds based on altitude they occupy in the sky. High: Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus, occasionally Altostratus, and the tops of Nimbostratus. Middle: Altocumulus, Altostratus, Nimbostratus, and portions of Cumulus and Cumulonimbus. Low: Stratocumulus, Stratus, most Cumulus and Cumulonimbus. Rain: Check whether it is raining or not. Add in notes such as light mist, fog, lightening, etc.

BEAUFORT SCALE Force 0: Wind Speed less than 1 knot.

Force 2: Wind Speed 4-6 knots. Sea: Wave height 0.2-0.3 m (0.

Force 3: Wind Speed 7-10 knots. Sea: Wave height 0.

whitecaps. Force 4: Wind Speed 11-16 knots. Sea: Wave height 1-1.

9 BEAUFORT SCALE Force 0: Wind Speed less than 1 knot. Sea: Sea like a mirror. Force 1: Wind Speed 1-3 knots. Sea: Wave height 0.1m (.25ft); Ripples with appearance of scales, no foam crests. Force 2: Wind Speed 4-6 knots. Sea: Wave height m (0.5-1 ft); Small wavelets, crests of glassy appearance, not breaking. Force 3: Wind Speed 7-10 knots. Sea: Wave height 0.6-1m (2-3 ft); Large wavelets, crests begin to break, scattered whitecaps. Force 4: Wind Speed knots. Sea: Wave height m (3.5-5 ft); Small waves becoming longer, numerous whitecaps. Force 5: Wind Speed knots. Sea: Wave height m (6-8 ft); Moderate waves, taking longer form, many whitecaps, some spray.

Force 6: Wind Speed 22-27 knots. Sea: Wave height 3-4 m (9.

Force 7: Wind Speed 28-33 knots. Sea: Wave height 4-5.5 m (13.

direction of wind. Force 8: Wind Speed 34-40 knots. Sea: Wave height 5.5-7.

into spindrift, foam is blown in well marked streaks. Force 9: Wind Speed 41-47 knots.

along wind direction, spray may reduce visibility.

5 m (29-41 ft); Very high waves with overhanging crests, sea takes white appearance as

Force 11: Wind Speed 56-63 knots. Sea: Wave height 11.

10 Force 6: Wind Speed knots. Sea: Wave height 3-4 m ( ft); Larger waves forming, whitecaps everywhere, more spray. Force 7: Wind Speed knots. Sea: Wave height m ( ft); Sea heaps up, white foam from breaking waves begins to be blown in streaks along direction of wind. Force 8: Wind Speed knots. Sea: Wave height m (18-25 ft); Moderately high waves of greater length, edges of crests begin to break into spindrift, foam is blown in well marked streaks. Force 9: Wind Speed knots. Sea: Wave height 7-10 m (23-32 ft); High waves, sea begins to roll, dense streaks of foam along wind direction, spray may reduce visibility. Force 10: Wind Speed knots (storm). Sea: Wave height m (29-41 ft); Very high waves with overhanging crests, sea takes white appearance as foam is blown in very dense streaks, rolling is heavy and shocklike, visibility is reduced. Force 11: Wind Speed knots. Sea: Wave height m (37-52 ft); Exceptionally high waves, sea covered with white foam patches, visibility still more reduced. Force 12: Wind Speed knots. Sea: Wave height more than 16 m (52 ft); Air filled with foam, sea completely white with driving spray, visibility greatly reduced. Force Oh $#@*!!!!

12 S/V Denis Sullivan Daily Vessel Report Date: / / Time: (CST) Voyage Name Recorded By: Latitude: Longitude: Course: Speed: Number on Board Geographic Location: Sail Plan: (Check those that are set) (Note any alternative settings in Daily Highlights) Outer Inner Standing Stay Fore Main Mizzen Reefed: Raffee Main Gaff Top Mizzen Gaff Top Fore Main Mizzen Wind Direction: Wave Direction: Barometric Pressure: Wind Force: Wave Height: Air Temp: Water Depth: Sea Temp: Cloud Type: Rain: Currently (Note: lightening, fog, other) Last 24 hours Cloud %: None Fuel on board: Water on board: Estimated Position in 24 Hrs: Latitude: Longitude: Estimated Weather in 24 Hrs: Wind: (direction) at f Seas: (direction) (height) Warnings: Daily Highlights: Accidents, Injuries or Breakdowns: None (or note incidents below) Crew/Passenger list in Vessel Manifest Log at the back of this log for any trip over 12 hours. Changes: None (note changes below or add new manifest)

13 S/V Denis Sullivan Daily Vessel Report Date: / / Time: (CST) Voyage Name Recorded By: Latitude: Longitude: Course: Speed: Number on Board Geographic Location: Sail Plan: (Check those that are set) (Note any alternative settings in Daily Highlights) Outer Inner Standing Stay Fore Main Mizzen Reefed: Raffee Main Gaff Top Mizzen Gaff Top Fore Main Mizzen Wind Direction: Wave Direction: Barometric Pressure: Wind Force: Wave Height: Air Temp: Water Depth: Sea Temp: Cloud Type: Rain: Currently (Note: lightening, fog, other) Last 24 hours Cloud %: None Fuel on board: Water on board: Estimated Position in 24 Hrs: Latitude: Longitude: Estimated Weather in 24 Hrs: Wind: (direction) at f Seas: (direction) (height) Warnings: Daily Highlights: Accidents, Injuries or Breakdowns: None (or note incidents below) Crew/Passenger list in Vessel Manifest Log at the back of this log for any trip over 12 hours.changes: None (note changes below or add new manifest)

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