[esailor Team]

Logged on 15 mins early and with about 10 mins to go the examiner was there welcoming me. Interested in where I was taking the exam from being different to my address or vessel. Talked through the formalities and turned my computer around to view the room, confirmed I was using the app and neither of us were recording. No issues. Could take my jacket off and have water right there. He was very calm and I was at ease quite quickly.

-Tell me about your last boat.

-How many guests could you carry and why.

-Asked about COVID precautions on board. I haven’t been employed during it, but I know management companies have their procedures so steered it that direction.

-Pulled up a photo of an Azimuth circle, asked if I had ever used one. What’s it for?

-Safety induction, mentioned it was a SMS checklist

-Muster lists

-MOB launch, mentioned on load release hook and how do we drill for MOB

-MOB actions on bridge action, had I ever had a real life incident?

-Different modes of steering until we got too emergency steering, what is my experience with it. Drills and following the SMS/SOP displayed at the emg steering position

-What other LSA do you have? Stopped after a few.

-HRU, tell me about it. Wanted to know if he could make his own. Looking for SOLAS approved.

-EPIRB

-Movement of G over an ocean passage. Stiff and tender vessels.

-What happens with slack tanks. Gave a full description. What’s it called tho

-Heavy weather preps. Wanted to know if I was saying vessel safety not vessel security. I re worded it as in securing the vessel. He jumped to what about in the galley? Guests want food.

-SEA and its contents

-Tell me about the fire system in machinery space. I ended talking about types of extinguishers.

-Fire doors purpose and operation. Checked at drills as per the PMS.

-Guests producing rubbish on board, can it go over the side? Annex 5.

-Passage Plan, APEM description.

-Appraisal list. Got to plan and he came back to the publications required

-Pulled up an image of bottom left of the chart and asked me what it was about left to right. Then talked through updating it.

-Different types of charts, details of routing chart

-Hand drawn TSS talked about SZ & ITZ

-Crossing situation TSS, size not given, actions.

-Overtaking in a TSS, actions

-Overtaking in fog. Who takes action.

-Pre completed radar plot displayed. Stb qtr. Explain OA. Actions. And what if there was one fwd of the beam here.

-Actions entering Res Vis

-Lights, asking for what it was, day signal (which I heard as fog signal) and fog signal. Would tell me where it was and wanted my action. PDV, NUC, RAM Tow +200m (I had to be prompted for ball diamond ball), VEIF, Vessel aground +100m. Obligation to a CBD.

-Flicking through slides looking for one more he said. I looked at the time 59mins. Ended up asking me what the responsibility between a PDV and SV were and the sound signal.

Short and sweet and such a relief. It was easy in comparison to the last few months. I had pretty tight answers, nothing got me by suprise. Had my life on pause but it paid off being fully immersed.

Big thank you to every one I prepped with: Barry and Fred for their content. Fred and Emma for their webinars, always keeping me in check. And doing mocks with Whitehorse and Barry. All invaluable!

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