This is to help others and maybe answer questions of my own. I got my Approval to test letter. Vague as fuck. Module-451 Deck General & Nav General Module-452 Deck Safey & Rules Passing score for both 70 What questions are on those tests? I have the Murphy 3rd mate books with 3,000+ Questions …

Just took AB at Sea School in bayou la batre… First and foremost do NOT go their to take it, and secondly it is fuckin easy… If you have been working in the boat industry, you should have no problem… The only thing that got me was the Aid to Navigtion ( I don’t see many buoys and shit like that. Wor…

[QUOTE=josh.reid24;175106] The only thing that got me was the Aid to Navigtion ( I don’t see many buoys and shit like that. Work in the blue). [/QUOTE] I can see we have another Gulf of Mexico mudboat captain in the making here. Knowing bouys is actually very important. It’s how the experience AB…

I agree with you 100%! I never said it wasn’t important, just said I never see them… The course in General was easy, just the fact that I never see buoys is what gave me hell with trying to learn them. I was the only guy in there that works on OSV’s, the rest were tug guys, and they caught hell wit…

I apologize in advance for my ignorance but over never heard this before… What exactly do you mean by a mudboat captain?

Well hell, nowadays ignorance like that will catapult you to operations. You just can’t admit that you don’t know certain things. You have to casually gain your information from the crew and exploit them later. My last supervisor had less sea time than my luggage.

I have no shame… If I don’t know something I’ll be the first to admit it… I’d rather look stupid and ask a dumbass question to learn something then look stupid by knowing everything…

Well then back to the boats you go. I had high hopes for you. How can you expect to be a manager and have integrity? Jeaux Bawss was probably waiting in the wings to train his next padawan.

[QUOTE=pogey-poboy;175117]Well hell, nowadays ignorance like that will catapult you to operations. You just can’t admit that you don’t know certain things. You have to casually gain your information from the crew and exploit them later. My last supervisor had less sea time than my luggage.[/QUOTE] …

Just out of curiosity, what makes you so special to fuck with someone asking a question… I’ve always been taught the only stupid question is the one not asked… You must have started in this field all knowing and not have to ever ask any questions… Why does a simple question always have to have some …

I don’t think I’m special. I started out here green, just like everyone else. I kept my head down, mouth shut, and did what I was told. When I acquired the sea time, I paid for my own material to prepare for the tests. Debate and bullshit is mandatory on here because some of us are a little thick…

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