Children Of The Magenta Line - was mentioned on another thread by @Binbag_the_Saylore [Children Of The Magenta Line] I watched this video before here, I think @dbeierl might have posted it. The video is about levels of control of an aircraft so it’s aviation but is relevant to maritim…

All good points, this goes to actually learning what the gear does vs. viewing it as a magic box. I have this added recently, I have yet to try it. Celestial Navigation Plugin The 3 minute thing sounds silly, running say up to Baltimore you need eyes outside a lot more than you need 3 minute fixes…

[image] yacht_sailor: I have this added recently, I have yet to try it. Celestial Navigation Plugin I should grab this plugin as well, I keep Open CPN and a GPS in my bag just incase the gremlins attack the electronics, it would be great to have a backup. I ran an experiment crossing the Ind…

[image] yacht_sailor: following a magenta line across a zoomed-out chart and hit something not visible at that scale I think USS Guardian did Tubbatatha Rf, Also one of the Ocean Race yachts even as he saw the rest of the fleet avoid the reef!

[image] Meme.Lord: We’re all saying the problem is a skill issue at it’s core, just not in agreement on what skill. I fired two mates that lacked the minimum required skill using ECDIS or ARPA. It was a clean DFC (Discharge for Cause) because there’s full agreement that those skills are requ…

The effective use of instruments requires procedural memory which has immediate feedback. The watch officer can quickly gain sufficient situational awareness (SA) given low workload conditions. Visual by contrast is pattern recognition. Feedback is slower, takes a few days to see improvement. Th…

[image] Losing the Plot - Manu's Scripts Professional Mariner Forum This post is from 2009 but still very relevant. I came across it again while looking for something else and realized it was relevant to some other topic I’ve posted about here. • Push officers to real…

If I ever get my ship back to sea, I can be glad we don’t have any magenta lines to be children of. We have a helm, no auto pilot, throttles and a button for the whistle. There are no other controls to type messages into on the poop deck. We have some dials for compass, rudder indicator, wind, de…

Giving a junior deck officer the conn in a high traffic area is probably the quickest way to give a junior deck officer the experience needed to build the required confidence In Korea Strait at night for example. The junior officer maneuvers the ship short-range through the F/Vs, tows, coasters …

ECDIS and ARPA is similar to plotting on a paper chart in that it makes the task easier because it: “abstracts away most of the real world.” From this thread : Scott, mentions that at sea navigation takes less skill because chart work abstracts away most of the real world to make it easier. In m…

I’ve never seen a marine pilot overly reliant on the electronics. I have seen maybe three of four captains that apparently had little confidence in their own visual skills. I"d say maybe 10 or 15% of C/Ms, roughly about half of 2nd mates and about 80% of third mates were very dependent on aids suc…

Aviation Video - Children Of The Magenta Line

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Kennebec_Captain March 30, 2025, 11:24am 25

in keeping a good lookout.

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