What is the Pivot point and how does it contribute to the turning lever for a ship???

This video explains what is a pivot point of a vessel and how does it contribute to the turning lever for a ship. This is an important topic and provides the basis for the understanding of ship handling concepts.
Contents of this video will benefit mariners preparing for exams (written and oral examinations).
Mariners will also benefit by watching the following videos:
Manoeuvring when approaching a pilot station:
Speed when picking up a pilot:
Manoeuvring in shallow waters:
Squat and the factors governing it:
Practical calculation of a ship’s squat:
Narrow channel effects on ship handling:
Interaction between ships in overtaking and head-on situation:
Interaction between tug and ship:
Turning short around in a narrow channel:
Transverse Thrust:
Lateral Thrusters:
Girting of tugs:
Windage area and pivot point:
Rounding a bend in a narrow channel:
Yawing of a vessel in strong winds:
Types of tugs:
Securing to 2 buoys with current:
Securing to 2 buoys in calm weather:
Practical calculation of squat of cargo vessel:
Calculate squat of a super tanker vessel:
Search and Rescue:
Duties of the SAR mission coordinator:
Duties of the on-scene commander:
Rescue form a disabled ship:
Track line search:
Contour Search:
Expanding square search:
Parallel sweep search:
Coordinated vessel aircraft search:
Sector search:
Search and rescue helicopter:
Computing the search area:

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