LAKSH SAINI VS ROBERT JACKSON

LAKSH SAINI V)S ROBERT JACKSON
MASTERS UNLIMITED
2ND ATTEMPT
PASS
I logged in at 1115 GMT and he logged in soon and started with the initial room check 360 degree.
Started with Asking about my Last vessel.
1. You have taken over, what all statutory certificates you check.
2. Responsibility with ISPS as Master
3. New Polish 2nd Eng. Joins on your vessel, what will you check and how will you sign him on. This led to OLB entries -Narrative section entries. Also mentioned about Emergency CRA which is valid for 1 month.
4. Emergency : Fire in Boiler at 0200 am. Asked his permission for writing down in the paper before framing the answer. He allowed. When I mentioned about Hypermist activation, could see him nod. Forgot to mention to standby the ETO for the Emergency Generator. How will you do boundary cooling. He told Fire was out of control?
By this time net had froze 3-4 time and he had decided to make this exam void and reschedule it to a new date. I asked him then when can I get s new datez and luckily few seconds later he said “ Ner is better now let’s continue with the exam. I was relieved here.
5. How you comply with Marpol Annex VI.
6. Your responsibility towards crew in MLC. Started with minimum age, Eng1. He stopped me and asked me to mention 16 points of MLC- Also asked about maintenance regarding to FW onboard.
7. Your inputs in Passage Plan- Started with Draft restrictions, Loadlines zones vsl will pass through to check if we can load more, Ecdis safety settings as per SMS, Charterers instruction, Company’s SMS requirement, my standing instructions. Check his Encs are updated. As I said this, he asked how you will check this on Ecdis. Spoke about Enc update report and the Pendrive provided solely for this purpose, transferring corrections from Chartco to Ecdis.
8. Individual buoys: Emergency wreck marking buoy, Safe Water Mark, Isolated Danger, West cardinal mark
9. Smarty board: CBD Stbd to Port, SV 30deg on Stbd bow, Pilot Boat crossing from Port to stbd.
10. Rule 6 factors for radar. As I mentioned in the 6th point about instructing my duty officers always check visibility when they take over watch with radar, This led to his next question.
11. My standing instructions for restricted Visibility. Mentioned as first point own vsls stopping distance to determine Exact range which duty officer should consider as restricted visibility.
12. Showed a radar screen with relative vectors.: Showing one vessel crossing from stbd to Port and second vessel on port quarter overtaking own vsl. Knew the answer but asked him would like to plot it on paper to double check he said ok. Took around 1-2 minutes to be double sure. He also wanted how much will I be altering for this. Own initial heading: 000deg at 10 knots. I answered 070. Always take your time, in Ror, buoyage, RV situation, emergency, ship handling to double check your answers before you give the final answer even if you are sure about the answer when you see the question.
He said that’s the end of the exam, You have passed .i thanked
That golden words finally, the moment was huge
I thanked him, his reply was don’t thankme. You have given the answers.
Give reference of M- notice, and Company’s Sms requirement, it helps making the answer more practical.
Than you GMA- Vinil Sir, Shayne Sir / For group discussion and mocks to: Bhavin, Paul, Arjun , Ramanand, Prabhu, Kiranpal, Christian, Harriet, Sarah, Sinclair, Ravi, Whitehorse Maritime.
All the best to everyone preparing for your exam.