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Date: 20 February 2012

Examiner: CaPt. John Ross

Centre: PlYmouthDurat ion:50 mins

Result : Pass!

Candidate: Matthew NichollsMasters

I chose Plymouth Marine office for my Masters as the experience I had doing my Mates there was

very good. My Masters oral however was not the fire-side' chat that had been mentioned a number

of times at college, but rather a very formal series of questions with very little conversation around

the subjects.

Captain Ross had a quick glance at my discharge book and then launched into questions'

What is a Passenger shiP?

(He commented that a lot of passenger ship candidates don't know this)

Which shiPs does ISM aPPIY to?

I mentioned SOL1{S Ch tX and thot it would be all possenger ships and cargo ships over 50O grt'

what entries go in the narrative section of the official Log Book?

I mentioned captain,s handover, crew members signed off, disciplinary hearings, details of births and

deaths.

He was after something else... he said what meteorological occurrences would you put in???

t mentioned the meteorological occurrences that would require a report under Solas Chopter V/37'

(Dongerous ice, conditions for ice occretion, storm force winds with no warning etc)

He seemed haPPY with this!

What is coefficient D?

what's the Flinders Bar for? what are the soft iron spheres for?

What is APParent A?

What would you expect if you had an off-set binnacle???

Large fire in the engine room - how would you respond? You are disabled 1o miles off lee shore -

actions?

t said I would anchor, he soid ift too deep"'

lsoidi f lhodt imegettugsonotowagecontroct,or i fnot ime,salvage.. '

He said tugs are not availoble, but there are ships in the vicinity-.-

what would I be looking for in o ship to ossist - I mentioned pawer and manoeuvrobility' and then

this ted on procedures for rigging an emergency tow! I mentioned using anchor coble and waffled my

way through!

Third Officer drunk on watch - actions?

MN Code of Conduct etc

Entering Restricted Vis with no radar - actions?

I soid t would stop, anchor if possibte as t didn't believe if sofe to navigote in RV without a rodar!

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radar,what actions would you expect from 3/O?

ffir'id, 2 ships - one starboard beam and one port bow.'fJoo

oon down os this would be the safest way to resolve the situotion'

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.iil*, m€ to mark on the plot where I would expect to see the next echoes if I was proceeding

,tminimum speed'

la af* O"t* my mind went blank for a minute and couldn't work out what was happening' When I

mentioned this captain Ross commented that if I courdn't do it then I wourd fair! Despite this added

pressure I managed to work it out!

SARco plan for passenger ships - what's in it and who approves it?

MOB actions?

Where would you find information about search patterns and describe three?

what are the maximum hours of work for adults and children?

What is general average? What it particular average?

Asked me to draw a GZ curve and talk the minimum stability criteria?

Minimum GZ, minimum GM, area under curve, angle of heel for maximum GZ.'. etc

Rule of the Road

Vessel head on... is there always risk of collision?

Vessel crossing from starboard (he made a point is was one point abaft the beam)

Vessel crossing from port... 5 miles away, then 2 miles away'

What is contained within a cargo securing manual?

Smartie Board

Vessel aground - fog signal?

Pilot vessel with an additionalwhite light (stern or anchor)

He swapped the red and white - fishing vessel (stern or gear >150m)

Towing vessel

He then said that I had Passed!! !

Thank you to all the lecturers at Warsash and the Southampton pilots for their lessons, and to all the

guys for the many Q&A sessions which helped a lot'