Analysis of the validity of restrictions on the operation of passenger vessels in the Gorky reservoir

Abstract

A comparative analysis of shipping conditions and wind-wave regimes of the Gorky and Saratov reservoirs with the category "R" was performed in the work. It is shown that the Saratov reservoir significantly exceeds the Gorky reservoir in terms of the length of the lake part. There are no shelters protected from all winds on the Saratov reservoir, and there are quite a large number of shelters on the Gorky Reservoir. The intensity of unrest in the lake part of the Saratov reservoir is slightly higher than in Gorky. In this regard, it seems illogical to require the Rules of the Russian River Register that passenger vessels operating in the lake part of the Gorky reservoir should have class "O" in the absence of one for the Saratov reservoir.