[esailor Team]

Chris Roe
Oral Report
Sept. 2022
Pass

Started with the ships I sailed on and my experiences as a cadet.
Said he wanted straight forward answers and will ask for, if he wants any details.

Meteorology
Synoptic chart of UK.
Weather before a passing cold front.
Wind direction.
Wind Speed. (Using a Geostrophic wind scale)
What kind of clouds will you see?
What kind of a sky.
How do you predict fog?

Celestial Nav.
Sextant.
Name any 3 non Correctible Errors.
How will you take a sight?
(A complete brain freeze here)
Will you subtract off the arc reading or add?

Deck and Bridge
How will you conduct a Cargo watch?
How will you conduct a Bridge watch?
(Both of them were very open ended questions, I took my time answering them, forgot to mention checking mooring conditions, but he helped me a bit)
What will happen when your GPS fails?
What is a DR?
Difference between EP and DR?
NAVTEX and Mandatory messages?
You have calculated 3°W Compass Error, the variation is 3°W, what is your deviation?
You saw a pressure drop of 5mb on your Barometer, Actions?
When will you call the master?
SOPEP tell me about it?
Where will you find info regarding LSA FFA equipment’s on your ship?
What is Automatic Track Control and Autopilot, Differences?
(I have missed some questions here)

ECDIS
How many ECDIS did I have on your last ship?
Process for becoming Paper less?
What are ENC’s and RNC’c?
How do you update your ENC’s?
How will you come to know that your charts are updated?
(Also told me about QR codes on charts.)
You think a cell might be out of date, how do you ensure that the latest updates are applied?

Voyage Planning
Where will you find info? About a new Port that you are going to?
List the other publications and sources of information?
What 2 volume of books will you carry onboard as hard copy for communication?

Emergency
Gyro failure, open sea, actions?
Fire in the Galley, actions?
Man over Board, Port side, actions?
You see a red flare, actions?
Enclosed space Entry
How many Drills?
Procedure?

Equipment’s
(Identify and some questions on each)
EPIRB
SART
HRU
Azimuth Ring, Which way do you put the arrow for taking celestial azimuth?
Pelorus Ring
Precision Aneroid Barometer
Hygrometer

Rules and RADAR
Quote Rule 5 and 6?
How many RADAR did you have on your last ship? Limitations of a RADAR?
Limitations of ARPA?
After how many minutes is the ARPA info reliable?
What will happen to the RADAR if your Gyro Fails?
What actions will you take when approaching restricted visibility?
What rules apply in Restricted Visibility?
What will you do if you hear a continuous fog signal forward of your beam?
(He wants you to quote rule 19e)
Showed me RADAR screen, with target on the Stbd. quarter gave me the plotting time of 12 min and asked CPA and TCPA also asked me actions?
Actions for a target on Port bow?

Buoyage
Showed me the picture and and asked me to identify the buoy and regions and tell me the actions?
Cardinal
North Cardinal Mark (you see this right ahead actions?)
East Cardinal Mark
South Cardinal Mark
(East cardinal on my left and West cardinal on my right, actions)
Isolated Danger Mark
Safe Water Mark
Emergency Wreck Marking
Port Region A
Preferred Channel Stbd. Region A
Preferred Channel Port Region A
Preferred Channel Port Region B
Preferred Channel Stbd. Region B
(Gents take your time in answering the questions, While answering one preferred channel buoys I mistakenly gave a wrong answer, but then corrected it just a second later, he said buoys are bread and butter for OOW’s)

Lights (identify and fog signal)
CBD
NUC
RAM Definition of a ram vessel?
Mine clearance Vessel
Towing vessel
Single white light

SITUATIONS
PDV Head-on port bow.
Therefore PDV Crossing from port side
Overtaking another vessel
Vessel overtaking me Stbd. quarter, ROC exists
(I made a mistake a here and said that overtaking vessel is give way and vessel being overtaken is stand on, following which we had a detailed discussion on why that is not the case)
Crossing ahead from starboard, ROC exists
VEIF port side
VEIF port side in TSS

He ended the exam here, and asked me how I think I had performed, I said I will have to work more on my rules and sextant next time to which he said laughing that I had Passed though he wants me to get back to sea sooner than later.

Mr. Roe is a very fair examiner and helpful examiner as he gives you time to calm down, repeats the questions when you ask him to and allows you to take your time with answers)

Best of luck!

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