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Master Orals (U

24t February 2oLt 1'1':N

Examiner CaPt. Bates

Candidate R Hackett

Result PASS (onlY just)

Sorry i f the detai l is a bi t lacking but I cannot remember al l of the quest ions. I wi l l t ry to l ist them i f Ican otherwise I will try to give you an idea of the topics covered.

Captain Bates handed me a surface analysis chart and told me he would be back in around 10minutes.

When he returned he told me I was on a bulk carr ier around 20,O0Ot loading grain in Southampton.(He also mentioned that they have just detained a ship l ike this so i t may be worth try ing to f ind outwhY).

L. What weather would you expect looking at the surface analysis?2. What route would you take heading to the east coast of the USA? / soid south so then he

wonted my reosons.3. We talked a bi t about ice accret ion and ice in general .4. He then asked about weather routeing companies and what my considerat ions would be

and where else could iget information from?5. What considerat ions would you have loading grain?I mentioned GM ond then he moved on. That was the only stability question he osked. I couldhardly remember ony groin stuff so t was happy to shut up.6. What other considerat ions would you have i f you are expect ing bad weather?7. Moving on from the weather what else? Got q bit lost here didn't know what he wonted.8. There is a discrepancy between the mate's f igures and the terminals?9. The Cargo surveyor says he will give you a letter to say that the figures are different?

10. What reports would you make when you depart /dur ing the voyage?

11. He gave me 2 female cadets one 17 and one 18 what considerat ions with regard to l i fe onboard and work?

12. Can they work at night?13. What dr i l ls would you carry out? Frequency? Company records?14. OLB what entries would you make in the narrative section? I rattled o few off but he wanted

to know where it wos written down.15. Closing log book how do you do it, and who do you send it to?16. What else do you send with i t?

I thought that we hod got to Buoyage very quickly so ! storted to get a sinking feeling I got theimpression he hod mode his mind up olready.

17. Buoyage Started region B heading out (he sl ipped a region A in and I never mentioned thisal though I did pass i t correct ly).

Port hand lateral mark (B)Preferred channelto port (A)Stbd hand mark (B)2 west cardinals with an isolated danger between them

Starboard special markPort hand mark (B)Safe water mark

1"8' Rule of the road, vessel crossing from the port side or overtaking (angle was very hard tojudge)? Act ions19. He alters course to starboard as you move up his starboard side? Actions

I wos in o right stote by this point sweating tike crazy. I wos torking total gorboge my mind hod goneblonk.

20' Fog bank between o'5 to 1 mile to starboard and vesser crossing from portside? Actions21. With regard to the fog bank what might you be doing?22' lf you were sounding fog signal would you make manoeuvring signal? t said probobty not butif I did it would hove to be distinct from the fog signol and not follow stroight after.23' smart ie board' Fishing vessel (not t rawler) with gear extending over 150m, not making way?24. Fog signal?25. 2 reds in a vertical line and a white light slightly offset?26. Actions?

27. Second mate breaks his arm during cargo ops? Act ions.28 . Can you sa i lw i thout h im?29. Would you?30. Rel ief arr ives with Burmese t icket can you sign him on?31. How long can he sai l for with an appl icat ion for a CoE?

At this point he stated that he was not sure about me and he would go for 5 minutes more togive me a chance.

32. What are the Masters dut ies with regard to the ISM code?33. What certificates relate to the ISM code?34. Who carr ies out audits internal and external?35' what efse would a surveyor be looking at? He did not want to hear obout the technique hewonted the other certificotes. I mentioned lsPS code but after thot I had no idea. t storted totalk obout all the other convention certificates etc. but he stopped me ond soid he wos onlyinterested in the tLo stuff- I was lost here ond storted to tolk obout the moritime labourconvention as I thought it was similar.

He stopped me here and said I had passed but that I had made i t hard. I agreed with him as I made ar i g h t h a s h o f t h e R u l e s a n d b u o y a g e . H e s a i d h e w a s p a s s i n g m e a s a t a l l t i m e s l h a d t a k e n t h e s a f e s topt ion. Phew.

He asked no compass or Nav aids quest ions and no stabi l i ty real ly. l t d id not feel l ike i t was a chatbut he did try to put me at ease. Honest ly I should off fai led as I real ly got in a f lap when I thought i twas going t i ts up.

l 'd l ike to say a big thank you to al l the staff at warsash for the excel lent tui t ion and hetp over thelast month.