Don’t do it. Go look out the window instead. Also, in US ports they usually get night mates to do whatever it is that they do in port and can go ashore (container/roro ships…probably not tankers).
True words. The massive disparity in job stress and physical abuse between the two “officer” job functions is pretty amazing, if one takes a step back to observe from afar. Perhaps in the future one group will be compensated greater.