Loren Turn

ICAO/IMO JWG-SAR/24-WP.
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International Civil Aviation Organization 31 August 2017
ENGLISH ONLY
WORKING PAPER
Agenda item 3
ICAO/IMO JOINT WORKING GROUP

ON HARMONIZATION OF AERONAUTICAL
AND MARITIME SEARCH AND RESCUE (ICAO/IMO JWG-SAR)
TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING
Wellington, New Zealand, 2 to 6 October 2017
CONVENTIONS, PLANS, MANUALS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AFFECTING SAR
Inclusion of guidance on the Lorén Turn in the IAMSAR Manual
Presented by the IMRF
SUMMARY
Executive Volume III of the IAMSAR Manual includes information on
summary: three 'standard recovery manoeuvres' to be used by ships. The IMRF
proposes the addition of a fourth, which has the advantage of calming
the area of sea in which the recovery is to be done
Action to be taken: Paragraph 3
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Volume III of the IAMSAR Manual includes information on three 'standard recovery
manoeuvres' – the Williamson turn, the single or Anderson turn, and the Scharnov turn – at
pages 4-15 to 4-17 of the 2016 English edition. These manoeuvres are designed to assist a
ship's crew to return to a man overboard.
1.2 The FIRST Project (www.first-rescue.org) aims, in part, to facilitate the launch and
recovery of a rescue boat from a ship, in a man overboard or other at-sea retrieval situation,
by the ship carrying out a circling manoeuvre.
1.3 The IMRF proposes that this manoeuvre be added to those already in Volume III.
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2 DISCUSSION
2.1 The FIRST Project, conducted by the Swedish Sea Rescue Society with the active
assistance of Stena Line and other partners, has done much good work on the difficult question
of retrieving people from small craft, including survival craft, or from the water.
2.2 The Project has included live trials, in poor sea conditions, of a manoeuvre which
involves a ship circling the casualty in order to break up wave trains. This has the effect of
temporarily calming the area of sea in which the retrieval is to take place. The pictures below
show the Stena Line ferry Stena Jutlandica carrying out the manoeuvre. Ship simulations using
different types of vessels have also been conducted at the Chalmers University of Technology,
in Gothenburg, Sweden. These indicate the same effect.
2.3 The FIRST Project is headed by

Captain Jörgen Lorén, Stena Jutlandica's
Master at the time of the trial shown. The IMRF
propose that the manoeuvre be named for
Capt Lorén.
2.4 While different ships' characteristics

mean that they will handle differently when
conducting any of these manoeuvres,
including the Lorén turn, adding the basics of
the procedure to Volume III of IAMSAR will be
of considerable aid to the Masters of 'ships of
opportunity' asked to attempt rescues at sea, beyond the reach or in support of dedicated
SAR units.
2.5 Proposed text, and a diagram, are at annex.
3 ACTION REQUESTED OF THE JWG
3.1 The JWG is invited to consider adding the information at annex to Volume III of the
IAMSAR Manual.
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ANNEX
INCLUSION OF GUIDANCE ON THE LORÉN TURN IN THE IAMSAR MANUAL
It is proposed that the following information be added to that currently on pages 4-15 to 4-17
of Volume III of the IAMSAR Manual, at the end of the section headed 'Standard recovery
procedures'; specifically, after the explanation of the Scharnov turn. (The diagram needs to
be re-drawn to improve its readability.)
• Lorén turn
– facilitates launch and recovery of a
rescue boat
– facilitates rescue work by other craft
– circling calms the sea by interfering
with wave patterns
– the more turbulence created by the
ship the better
– additional ships circling to windward
will calm the sea further
Lorén turn procedure

1. Head into the wind at full speed.
2. Begin the circle and reduce to
slow when the wind is abeam.
3. When the wind crosses the stern
to the opposite quarter, increase
to half speed.
4. Continue circling as long as calmer water is needed.
5. Slow down, or stop, to launch and recover rescue boat on the leeward side, inside the
circle.
Note: It is important to know the handling characteristics of your own vessel. Opportunities
should be taken to practice these manoeuvres. Depending on the ship's handling
criteria it may not be necessary to begin the Lorén turn head-to-wind.
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ICAO/IMO JWG-SAR/24-WP.

ICAO/IMO JOINT WORKING GROUP

Wellington, New Zealand, 2 to 6 October 2017

CONVENTIONS, PLANS, MANUALS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AFFECTING SAR

Inclusion of guidance on the Lorén Turn in the IAMSAR Manual

Presented by the IMRF

Action to be taken: Paragraph 3

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2.3 The FIRST Project is headed by

2.4 While different ships' characteristics

2.5 Proposed text, and a diagram, are at annex.

3 ACTION REQUESTED OF THE JWG

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INCLUSION OF GUIDANCE ON THE LORÉN TURN IN THE IAMSAR MANUAL

Lorén turn procedure

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