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Pilot Boarding - Wake Risk

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

PilotWakeBoarding
Froude number
0.073 -
Status
Acceptable wake
Formula, assumptions, and limits

High Fn → steep wake waves. Large ship at 7 kn Fn ≈ 0.07 - very safe; small fast pilot boat can still match. IMO MSC.1/Circ.1428 recommends ≤ 0.15 × √L.

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SymbolMeaningUnitSource
Froude number - speed / √gL
LBPmship particulars