SHIPHANDLING PRINCIPLES CONTROL Vs. FAITH

• CONTROL: Precise and constant ability to adjust to changing circumstances.

• FAITH: Yielding control to natural forces

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AS WE START DISCUSSING FORCES KEEP IN MIND THAT THE OBJECT IS TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENT OF YOUR SHIP AND NOT YIELD TO THE ELEMENTS. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE FORCES OF NATURE, BUT WE CAN OFTEN USE THEM TO OUR ADVANTAGE, OR USE THE FORCES WHICH WE DO CONTROL TO COUNTERACT THEM. TO DO THIS THE MARINER MUST UNDERSTAND NATURAL FORCES, PREDICT THE RESULT OF THESE FORCES ON THEIR SHIP AND BE ABLE TO EXERT THEIR INFLUENCE AND EXPERIENCE TO STAY OUT OF EXTREMIS.