master orals – glasgow – MM

Masters Unltd
Glasgow : MM
Date: 03-Feb-2020/ 1515 – 1550 hrs
Gurjot Singh (Tankers)
Result: Pass (1st attempt)

1. Explain TRS ?
2. Actions if you are in Dangerous Semi and also for Navigable semi ?
3. Taking over last ship as master ,,? stopped at certificates.
4. While taking over in the Certificate file you see cert Expired ,! Actions ?
5. Masters responsibilty as per ISM,? Gave overriding auth also and was stopped.
6. Near coastal , After Midnight you go to bridge for writing night orders, How would u know that 2nd mate keeping proper navigational watch and following your standing orders?
7. What all types of stresses experienced by your vessel? Tanker.
8. Ship handling : Interaction and passing in narrow channel.
9. Your last ship You are going for STS OPS , What will you do as master.
10. Ship handling : STS ops berthing underway. More interested in Mooring lines.
11. Emergency: You come across a capsized yaught and you kno that there was a liferaft with 8 people inside it, however its not there now, only capsized yaught visible, Actions,?
12. After rescue your engines have failed and do not have spares, cannot repair, Actions ?
— here he was looking for Aft and Fwd ETA(TANKER) for towage or salvage so then explained all that in detail.
13. What do you understand by LOF,?
14. Explain rule 2 to cadet,?
15. What is your understanding of rule 19,?
16. What checks would you do on Mag Compass,? Just main points.
17. Smarty Board: Before starting told me that no need to tell everything, just identify, and after that i will ask what i want to know and then you answer..!!
a) Fishing vessel gear extending 150mtrs Or FV seen from astern , Day shapes and sound signal ?
b) NUC seen from astern , Sound signal and asked distance between the red lights ?
c) Tug n Tow RAM and exceeding 200 mtrs , Asked action, sound signal and the sector for stern light and yellow towing light ,?
d) SV seen from stbd(single green lt) asked sound signal and then duration of short blast and long blast,?

That was it , told me that i have passed.

Thanks to Capt Vinil , Capt vishnu , Capt shane for all the guidance that made it possible to prepare in 4 weeks and be ready for the orals exam and thanks to my batchmates of Jan 2020 for all their support.
Malcolm is an easy going examiner and he wants to kno you have knowledge, doesnt need crammed up answers or all points.
**1 Word of advice if you get Malcolm: Start answering quickly and confidently, If you start answer quickly and cover some main points of answer then he would stop you half way and go tp next question. He doesnt wait for you to finish the answer if your start is good and confident.

**2 In the start when they ask you about last ship,? Feed the info u want to be questioned on, And they will definately pick things from what you say, Like in my case i made it a point to say that ” Vessel was single right handed propeller, Always trading in USA gulf of mexico area, Doing STS ops and disch in USA after channelling, and do get anchorages due to bad weather hitting the east coast of USA” and i was asked questions around this only.
Capt Vishnu had given this to me in feedback and it really helped.
All the best everyone.