You are in open sea and experiencing wind force more than 10 ? what action will you take w.r.t. the maneuverability ?

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Reduce Speed. Bring the Engines to Dead Slow ahead.

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1st of all as master in open sea monitor wx fax daily...2nd if drs chances of bad wx take extra precautions such as add.ballat,securing on dk,e/r,galley etc. 3rd if wind force increasing chose best way to avoid it by doing alteration of course or increase spd...if d load on engines is increasing dn reduce d spd. n a/c of courese..to mini. damage to v/l..

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With wind force 10, it is prudent to minimise the speed to keep the vessel in safe manoeuvring mode and not putting load on the engines. Vsl should be heaved on to the swell to minimise effects of synchronised rolling. As for cargo part, a note of protest should be noted.  Bhoops