About 17 years ago I was Chief Engineer on a 2000 TEU Container vessel which was about to start on a new trade between the Far East and Central American and West Coast South American ports. The Captain and I were friends and had known each other a long time having sailed together in a different com…

Captain Blowhard did the same thing when I was C/M. - Pusan to Tacoma. We left Busan a bit after 2000 hrs and I headed straight for the rack. Next morning at about 0400 I get to the bridge to relieve the second mate and I see we are going the long way round, around the south tip of Kyushu. I ask…

TLDR: Captain ignored mate, went wrong way, later apologized.

I can see why this would be an easy mistake for a second mate to make. A lot of 2nd mates don’t have any experience creating a new route in an area that the ship has never run before. Leave the task of the waypoints and so forth to the second mate but the captain should provide guidance wrt the…

He was a very good experienced Captain but he let this one slip past him. The point is an alert was presented to him and he done nothing about it. This goes against all principles of BRM.

Sorry. I tried to keep it short, informative and interesting.

Sure, understood, didn’t intend to come off like a critic with 20/20 hindsight. We changed from one trade to another many times, learned a lot, mostly the hard way.

No offence taken Captain. I am new to this Forum but I have read some of your contributions and you appear to be a Gentleman who does not indulge in thrash talk.

There are a number of options for masters to have at their finger tips when looking at the passage plans. Reeds distance tables are a good start but encouraging second mates and the third mate to understudy the passage plan and using all the publications available works.

I use the method that is said to be used by lawyers in a court room, don’t ask a question if you don’ t know the answer. When we get a schedule I give it to the 2nd mate and tell them to get the distances, then I find the them independently on my own. Chief also works the distances his own way an…

Bridge Resource Management - Faux Pas - #11 by Kennebec_Captain - Professional Mariner Forum

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