Hey, I got most of them right.

Just because you responded with 'wrong' every time
because my answers didn't match yours perfectly
doesn't mean I was wrong.

The only ones I really missed was the EOT
and I was right because my use of EOT is
just as valid as yours. Unless your explain
the initials they can mean whatever they are
valid for.

All my Mate answers were right. A first, second
and third Mate is still a Mate.

My answer for a deadman's switch is also
correct. It's the accepted use of the term.

If the captain doesn't stand a watch then he's
not doing his job. A watch doen't have to be
one continuous length of time. Any time the
captain is involved and giving orders he's on
watch. Only when he's sleeping or otherwise
indisposed is he not on watch.

You're just upset because I've never even
been on the bridge of a big ship and I
managed to get most of your questions
right.

Give me a day or two training and I could
easily run a big ship successfully. Besides
that, *I* would slow down to safe speed and
give sailboats and other vessels that sounded
one prolonged/two short blasts their rightful
stand-on status in restricted visibility.

S.Simon - a Captain, who with a day's hands-on
bridge training, could run a tighter ship than Shen44.



"Shen44" wrote in message ...
ect: Radar and Basic Nav.
From: "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom
Date: 09/02/2003 18:46 Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

I thought the bell log was maintained traditionally by the oiler, and was a
record of
shaft RPMs. I assume now its automatic and merged with GPS output.

Actually, EG Neal almost got this one totally correct.
The "Bell" book used to be kept by the engineer on watch and another, by the
Mate on watch, while maneuvering, and was mainly a log of the time and type of
engine order, starting with SBE and ending with FWE (Some ships would call SBE
on Arrival) Symbols were used for the bells to facilitate noting them.
Some ships would also include major nav points in the Bell Book, but this was
rare.
Nowadays, this is an automated system, which includes just Engine orders and is
solely based on time .... no GPS input ..... sometimes one on the bridge and
one in the E.R.

Shen