[esailor Team]

Master’s unlimited
Chris Rowe
Pass
Approximately 1hr 15mins

Started the brief,ID check and tour of the room. The following questions are a rough memory of what happened and best order as memory serves.

● Synoptic chart was shown to me, explain the weather expected around a high? What’s the wind direction in a location.
● On a passage from Southampton to New York, what concerns may you have? What would you write in your standard orders?
● You experience unexpected ice, what are your actions?
● What else are you required to report as master?
● You have a phone call, from the second officer the pressure has dropped below 5mb what would your actions be?
● What characteristics would you expect to see? How would you know where you are regards to the TRS, and what are your actions? How would you know that you’re clear?
● Put me on a cargo ship, what certs do you carry?went into a bit of WBM.
● The 2nd officer on watch calls me, there’s a ship not taking action as per the rules, you walk on to the bridge hear five short blasts of the ships whistle and a PDV on port bow? Actions
● A few ROR scenarios…. Actions and why? Overtaking RAM, open sea fishing vessel on port bow, same situation TSS, a couple of multiple vessels too.
● 2nd officer calls you fog bank approaching, what are your actions, a few radar plots, actions and why? Asked if I could do what I couldn’t do? Also hearing vessels forward of the beam?
● What rules apply to restricted Vis?
● Gave me a compass error and variation, what is my deviation?
● Put me on a passenger ship, sat at anchor CM calls to tell you weather has deteriated, CM calls you straight back there’s a tanker lost its anchor and drifting towards you? Actions.
● The incident is over, tanker has been safely removed and you’ve compromised your collision bulk head, what are you going to do?
● What is standard, running & open more, when would you choose to use them all. Explain a Baltic moor and Medi moor why are they used?
● What is girting and how to prevent it?
● Rendering assistance to a vessel in destress, what’s your favourite search pattern?
● Buoyage, identify, light characteristics and actions, then east and west cardinal marks go between them
● lights and shapes.

This is what I can remember and ended up feeling like a discussion, rather than an orals exam as I settled in. Thanks to vinil, gma and most importantly my study team who were fantastic throughout and wish everyone all the best for there up and coming exam.

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