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DAN MOWBRAY V CAPTAIN FLETCHER

OOW ORALS 2/12/2009

Result : pass

Before I start I would just like to say try to have a good nights kip the night before. I couldn’t sleep at all and it as only because of a redbull overdose that I managed to stay awake through the exam.

Captain Fletcher took me in and asked for my discharge book and passport. He asked about what ships I had been on and showed me a poster saying that my phone had to be switched off. I was told they normally had an informal chat to calm people down, but the reaming commenced pretty much straight away.

INSTRUMENTS

Took me over to the magnetic compass

What is the compass bowl made of?

What is inside the compass bowl?

Where would I find the positions of the hard iron magnets. Deviation card

Where was deviation card kept

PAB take a reading? Any corrections

Hydrometer?? Would I use the one he had ?? no chance it looked like it had just been dug up!! Asked how to take a reading and corrections.

What is DWA and the formula??

Sextant pick it up?? What is side error??

That was it I was all over the instruments like a cheap suit!!!

GENERAL

You are on the bridge of a ship getting ready to leave port and the pilot comes onto the bridge what information would you be giving him??

What info is on the pilot card??

Limatations of GPS, ECDIS, RADAR, ARPA.

How would I setup my radar for collision avoidance when leaving port.

How would I setup my radar for collision avoidance open sea.

Asked me if I liked trails??

Asked me about VDR?? I had literally no idea so I told him I would have to consult the manual.

Passage planning APEM Appraisal, Planning explain

Parallel indexing what is it explain it!!

How would marpol annex 6 affect your passage plan?

Can you dispose food waste in a special area??

HRU?? What is it? How does it work?? Explained all the parts and had to tie the painter. I tied the quickest bowline you have ever seen I could tell he was impressed. Not even simon or tommy could have tied a bowline with such precision.

Fire in a container actions!!

IMDG gave me a cargo and told me he wanted the ems schedule he put the IMDG CODE on the table vol 2 and supplement. And a sneaky copy of the ibc code which I completely ignored!!

Expalin the spike system onboard last ship for fighting container fires.

Checks on rescue boat. Rescue boat release hook. Rescue boat equipment.

He pulled out 2 model boats tell me about interaction had to show how the ships moved and my actions.

Explain bank effect!!

Explain tranverse thrust vessel going astern right hand fixed!!

Squat and how to avoid it?

Port state control / Flag state control

Rest hours regulations??

RULES

RULE 6 FACTORS

On pdv /

pdv port side,

pdv starboard side,

tug and tow port side,

tug and tow ram portside,

cbd port side.

Narrow channel on pdv

fishing boat, sailing boat crossing.

Tss I was on cbd

less than 20 port side

ram crossing port side

Can a fishing boat be in the separation zone, itcz, in lane with flow of traffic.

RESTRICTED VIS

Explain the rule!!

2 vessels one on starboard bow risk of collision, one on starboard quarter risk of collision. SLOW DOWN

He knew I wasn’t messing about I wasn’t going to be leaving without that bit of paper!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Buoys

North cardinal showed me which way was north, which side to pass??.

Channel 5 buoys inbound region A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! result!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Starboard hand lateral indicating preffered channel to port

Port hand lateral indicating preferred channel to starboard

Safe water mark

Port hand special mark

Isolated danger

Wanted light , characteristics , side to pass. Top mark

Smarty board

Dredger underway and stopped or at anchor.

Vessel engaged in fishing other than trawling underway and making way. Seen from portside. Put it on my port bow does risk of collision exist NO!!

He sat down and told me he thought it was clear I had revised hard for the exam. Congratulations you have passed!!

Best feeling in the world. On the way out had a bit of a celebration with the lads in the security office and met big will who had a cigar ready. IT WAS TIME TO HIT THE SHOT!!!!!!!!

Thanks to all lecturers at GCNS.Vinil for his rules carry on, vinod for his emergncy procedure

All I can say is it is not as bad as you think not that it will make any difference to you because I all but shat myself waiting outside. Captain Fletcher is a good guy and he is fair and Is definitely there to pass you. If you study and put in the work you will pass.