no wonder this sounded so familiar, especially since I was chiming in on it. duh.
mr cavo gives a link to the marine safety manual volume III which states a master 1600 grt osv can get a mate osv.
Now I am just debating with myself should I risk spending the money to take the risk of tangling with a evaluator that will find reasons not to issue it to me, or wait till I renew when I’ll have to spend the money anyway…