Those big ships don't usually have a captain steering them at sea, mostly would be an IR(Integrated Rated seaman?) on watch. Luckily they are mostly dry boats(no alcohol) these days, some of the stories I've heard of the old days, wow!!!
Muz
i spent 2 hours out with coastgaurd and marine rescue at 2 am lookin for a blokes body up pumistone passage after he and a mate in a 16foot 140hp boat come back in to find some supplies and on way back out hit a parked houseboat yes easy enough to see but at high speed and a dim lit moon you only need to look away for a few seconds and wamo they hit it one lived the other bloke we didnt find that night but a plane seen him floatin a day or 2 later. so yes dont rely on anyone or anything more then your own sense and 2 eyes looking where your going at all times it all happens to quick. and if your the captain with others on board your job is to get em home safe not look around taking photos or lookin at babes lol..
ill be somewhere up the creek, happy trails..
Those big ships don't usually have a captain steering them at sea, mostly would be an IR(Integrated Rated seaman?) on watch. Luckily they are mostly dry boats(no alcohol) these days, some of the stories I've heard of the old days, wow!!!
Muz
Very few ships have IR's on them these days - mostly foreign crewed (there are bugger all Aussie "ships" left). There will always be an officer on watch be it the captain, first or second mate etc as well as another crew member - or at least there should be. Our company has a minimum two sets of eyes on the bridge during hours of darkness - unfortunately standards around the globe are probably not always up to scratch.
they may be on deck scottar, but there probably playing cards lol.
ill be somewhere up the creek, happy trails..
Brother Sharkbait amazingly in such a big city like Sydney there was a unlit marker in Botany Bay to the south between the bridges it was there for a while too in such a location you'd think maritime would be on the ball it was a bent pole painted yellow on the top from memory i think it was on the captain cooks bridge side of the small bay just out sode of the moored boats
Scottar,
yeah mate, not many Ozzie ships left, my mates were on the old bulkies in the older days, iron newcastle, and some others Sturt / Prince etc. and are now all on Supply and tow rigs moving oil rigs (big arse tug things) servicing oil rigs in WA and up north. One good mate is an engineer on the tassie spirit which is fun when we catch up as we all know IR's and engineers get on so well. MUA all the way, lol
I've been on a few ships and that was when the bars were open, like 50 cents for a bourbon, crazy.
Cheers
Trev if he had a cabin light on he'd be driving blind folded as all he would see is the inside of his boat, try looking out into your street one night with the lounge room light on see how good u can see out the front without porch light on
sounds like he had his lights on so legally he is ok on that part but coming within the distance outlined by maritime i guess that all depends who is in the right
If only he was looking outside the ship. I had two floodlights on roof illuminating hundreds of metres around me as I drifted.
The night was dead calm and I was laying on my back staring at the stars and even seeing orbiting satellites. I was also listening to the whales both spouts and talking - it was really cool. I got up as I had over 100 garfish next to the boat going troppo otherwise I would never have seen the ship until it ran me over.
Approaching dead on they are fast and silent.
Alongside they are very loud.
Anyway a bullet dodged and maybe 1 in 1000 odds but knowing my luck this is the sorta lottery I would win
Cheers
Trev