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Re: resetting clocks on big ships
From: Monte Mechler
Date: 2000 Jul 20, 10:28 AM
From: Monte Mechler
Date: 2000 Jul 20, 10:28 AM
US Navy standard - Quartermaster QM Ratings are responsible for this (at least on my boat). Everyday at 0800 there would be a time check. We ran on Zulu for all OPS and standard ship time was the local time zone. The QM's would confirm ship time in the more important spaces....Engine Room, CIC, Skippers clock, wardroom and Bridge. GPS time sinc is used more now than in the past...... FYI VR LT Mechler -----Original Message----- From Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Barrie Hudson Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 10:55 AM To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: resetting clocks on big ships On large vessels you usually have a three watch system the hour of advance or retard is divided between the watches. Twenty minutes on the evening 8 to 12, twenty on the middle and twenty on the morning watch. The change takes place on the boundary of the zone e.g 7.5 West or thereabouts. I experienced a Captain who wanted to keep apparent time at ship, this meant rushing to the clocks to advance or retard as soon as the sun at Merid.Alt dipped. Barrie Hudson Paul Hirose wrote: > On large ships where formal watches are stood, how do they handle the > resetting of the clocks when a time zone boundary is crossed? If > you're on watch, and the clocks are set back an hour, do you just have > to grit your teeth and work the extra hour? Or does the skipper adjust > the times of the next few changes of watch so the hit is spread out? > > When Navy ships are cruising together, does the flagship command the > time zone change for all ships?
