I am a trainee deck officer and the times of each navigational watch are usually still the same today (excluding the dog watches that don’t exist anymore as far as I’ve heard even on the passenger ships) although the navigational watches are not named like they used to be. I work on cargo ships where there are fewer officers (about half as many) and sometimes that will require each officer to do 2x6 hour navigational watches in 24 hours instead of the usual 2x4 hour navigational watches in 24 hours. My favourite navigational watch is the 00:00 to 04:00 as the ship is quiet, the night sky is an awesome sight, the moonrise can be a sight to behold, and the moonlight is the watchkeeper’s best friend otherwise it’s just an inky black night outside. Going in and out of port is indeed when we really earn our money and it’s the most stressful. While I like to call the bridge my “office” the reality of being a trainee deck officer (and when I hopefully qualify as one) is that you spend a lot of time doing jobs besides navigating the ship, be that keeping a gangway watch, an anchor watch, overseeing cargo loading and discharging, helping cleaning out cargo holds/tanks, ship maintenance (the marine environment is very hostile to ships), looking after the ship’s lifesaving and firefighting equipment, being part of or leading one of at least two mooring teams, overseeing anchoring, and a lot of admin work. Most of the above still apply on the passenger ships too. The navigational watch itself is perhaps the romanticised part of the job that gets all the attention.

Another interesting topic for a video would be how they dealt with a ship's day being longer than 24 hours when westbound and shorter than 24 hours when eastbound.

@stanislavkostarnov2157

9 ай бұрын

@@misteramc1174 don't know for the great liners... on cargo ships and the like, you just go by ship time, that is, the sunrise time slowly shifts between ports, but then, these were based on multiple night and daytime watches.

@NinjaRelic1

8 ай бұрын

The ships operate on one specific time zone, and just calculate their arrival and departure times to/from other ports. Personally, all the ships i have sailed on have used Eastern time, as they are based out of Quebec City. Currently in school to be a watchkeeping mate, and spent over half a year at sea total so far, I believe the system would have remained the same as back in the Ocean Liner days.

Can you make a video about how the officers rotated in the engine room and how that entire setup was with officers and lower ranks in engine and boiler department ?

@michaeljohnson91501

9 ай бұрын

Yes!!

I can remember sailing in the Eastern Mediterranean back in the 80's and passing a small freighter late at night. The lights on the ships bridge were all on and nobody could be seen at the helm!!!!😱

I like your videos but I wish you would’ve gone into why the Dog Watches were only 2 hours long.

@drnumlock

9 ай бұрын

The dog watch in english (from dodge) is short to rotate the crews on the different watches over time. The dog watch can also be the night shift, used in norwegian and german, but also english. Apparently from the star Sirius, the dog star wich shows at night in northern seas.

I love these little short videos you make, I was wondering could you do a video explaining the docking/mooring procedure for an ocean liner, preferably Titanic era but not necessarily titanic?

@michaeljohnson91501

9 ай бұрын

Me too I do wish they were longer though but great videos man!😊

Vid's like this prove that "You can learn something new everyday."

Good video! But when is the captain on the watch, whatever he pleases? Is he part of the watch schedule during sailing in the open ocean at all?

@krzysztofbogusawski2041

9 ай бұрын

Nowadays, on most bigger ships, captain is out of the watch schedule. He's on the bridge for difficult areas (port entrances/tight passages) and generally should be always available to be called by officers in case of any doubts. Sometimes the captains accompany younger, less experienced officers to supervise them during watches. Source: merchant sailor

@Ecnop9

9 ай бұрын

captain smith does not stand watch as was the case for chief engineer bell.

@Ecnop9

9 ай бұрын

At any given time titanics deck crew would be: 1 officer on watch = Wilde/Murdoch/Lightholler 2 junior officers=Boxhall&Moody / Pitman&Low 3 Quartermaster= 1 at the wheel/1 on standby these two will take turns at the wheel every 2 hours / 1 stationed at the docking bridge aka aft bridge. 2 look outs = titanic had 6 designated lookouts,ironically according to Lightholler having designated lookouts whose sole job was being a lookout was a white star line thing.

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And they probably stayed up longer than that because of the short shifts

It’s too bad that none of the watch schedules allowed anyone to get a proper 8 hour sleep.. Maybe that’s why they struck the iceberg! 😴

@dovetonsturdee7033

9 ай бұрын

Senior officers had an eight hour break between watches.

@jumbolarge108

9 ай бұрын

OK but do you think they instantly fell asleep at the start of the watch and woke up exactly on time 8 hours later for their next one? I guarantee everyone was sleep deprived.@@dovetonsturdee7033

That oh is actually ZERO

Why is it called a dog watch?

@KenR1800

9 ай бұрын

Because it is cur-tailed...😂 Honesty I don't know the real reason. That's just an old sailor's joke.

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@AlexandruCarjan

9 ай бұрын

Actually nope and nobody cares and you do not achieve anything

we waited months for thar? nah jk i love ur vids

Someone read Sam Halpern's new book

Thanks. What time did the ship strikes the iceberg? Who's watch? Were they negligent?

@jgs1703

9 ай бұрын

It was around 11 pm. There was a cold water mirage which prevented them from seeing the berg. The ship was also at full speed thru a ice field. I encourage you to research the titanic.

@zammich3649

9 ай бұрын

@@jgs1703 not full speed i believe. that's only in the movie.

@Ecnop9

9 ай бұрын

at the time titanic struck the people on duty Officer of the watch= William Murdoch 2 junior officers = Moody( answered lookouts call) / joseph Boxhall (Although on duty at the time was not on the bridge reason unclear) 3 quartermaster = robert hichens ( at the wheel) / Alfred oliver(standby QM,was coming back from the compass platform amidship after completing a task he was assigned by the officer) /George Rowe (stationed at the aft docking bridge on the poop deck) 2 Lookouts = Reginald Lee and Fredrick Fleet (Fleet rang the bell 3 times and called the bridge)

@jgs1703

9 ай бұрын

@@zammich3649 they were hauling ass, smart ass.

@jgs1703

9 ай бұрын

@@zammich3649 it was going 20 knots with a top speed of 23 knots, smart ass.