Here is a time line of the EV incident, the chart shows the track-line
[ATTACH]1943[/ATTACH]
Mar 22, 1989
2335 Exxon Valdez Arrives Valdez Marine Terminal
Mar 23
0054 Transfer of ballast water started
0415 Transfer of ballast water complete
0505 Transfer of oil began
1030 Hazelwood, Glowacki, and Roberson went ashore
1924 Loading of cargo completed
2020 Pilot Murphy arrived at the ship for the outbound trip
2030 Hazelwood, Glowacki, and Roberson returned to the ship
2040 Hazelwood arrived on the bridge to find the pilot waiting
2112 Last line
2121 Vessel clear of Dock
2130 Hazelwood left the bridge
23__ Hazelwood returns to bridge
2324 Exxon Valdez drops off the pilot
2330 Hazelwood changes course to 200T
2339 Third mate Cousins plots a fix / Hazelwood changes course to 180 T (due south)
2353 Hazelwood leaves the bridge, orders third mate Cousins to change course when abeam Busby Light (2 minutes ahead)
2355 Third mate Cousins plots a fix abeam Busby but does not change course.
2400 (midnight) Lookout reports Bligh Reef on the Stbd bow - Cousins orders Right 10 rudder
Mar 24
0004 Cousins orders right 20 rudder
0007 Cousins orders hard right
0009 Exxon Valdez strikes Bligh Reef at 12 kts.(at 12 kts 1 mile = 5 minutes)