![]() Cleaning of the deck must be done using freshwater if possible (using the kew pressure washer to ensure all dirt is removed). The deck, being exposed to the weather and the sun at all times makes it more vulnerable to damage. ![]() The monkey deck must be derusted, painted and cleaned as per the ship’s schedule to prevent buildup of salt particles, dust and to reduce damage due to exposure to the weather. Maintenance of the monkey island is imperative owing to the sheer importance of the equipments that are housed there. A periscope leads from down below the compass to the bridge to give the OOW the magnetic heading SOLAS states that “ All ships irrespective of size shall have a properly adjusted standard magnetic compass or other means, independent of any power supply to determine the ship’s heading and display the reading at the main steering position”. One of the most important equipment carried on the monkey island, that is mandatory as per SOLAS carriage requirements, is the magnetic compass. The mast leading up to the ship’s aft whistle.The mast leading up to the ‘Christmas Tree’ (navigation lights).Various halyards connected to the yardarm to hoist flags.Radar scanner(s) attached to the radar mast. ![]() ![]() Some of these driving units that are placed on the monkey island are: While the navigation bridge houses the display interfaces of most the bridge equipments for use buy the OOW, the monkey island is where the ‘powerhouse’ of each of those equipments are placed. In modern day merchant ships, the monkey island isn’t just a space to take celestial observations but an integral part of the ship where most of the external parts of the equipments of the bridge are housed. Though there is no concrete theory to back the origin of Monkey Island, the term is still extensively used even on modern ships.
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