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Re: Fitzgerald and McCain Collisions
From: Robert VanderPol II
Date: 2018 May 5, 08:10 -0700
From: Robert VanderPol II
Date: 2018 May 5, 08:10 -0700
I would imagine that it includes a large swath of skills.
Steering the vessel
Being a command talker (ie. relaying orders going out the various parts of the vessel)
Bridge watch
Lookout
Rules of the road (Of course)
Radar operation and interpretation
Taking bearings
Plotting bearings
Voyage planning
Harbor entry planning
Planning confined channel turns
