Hello, I am a 3rd Mate on a U.S. flagged ship. Lateley I’ve hear a lot about the ‘Alternative Watch Schedule’ or the ‘European Style Watch Schedule’. It involves standing one six hour watch, followed by (2) two hour watches and overtime incorporated somewhere through the day either in one 4 hour bl…

Alternative Watch Schedule or European Watch Schedule

spork May 19, 2017, 11:44pm 22

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