OPTIMIZATION OF TRAINING SHIP "MIRCEA"UNDERWAY ON ROUTE CONSTANTA TO NEW YORK

The subject of this paper presents the optimization and safe execution of the training ship Mircea underway, between Constantza Port (Romania) and New York Port (United State of America), with a stoper for refueling. Training Ship "Mircea is a sailing-ship; she executed three ocean pass. The first one was in 1976, then in 2004 and the last in 2009. The last ocean pass lasted 40 days, when traveles 4700 miles marine. During the paper were studied navigation maneuvers in bad weather, the hidrometeorological condition during the march, the ways to execute safety the ship maneuvers input/output to/from port, passes through the straits, narrow passages or low visibility.