Ok. This may make me sound dumb but what counts as sea time? I currently work at a marina but spend tons of time on various boats. I also sail nearly everyday on a friends 32 foot boat and from April till October j race on a 64 foot racing yacht on the east coast. Does any of this count towards my sea time in the merchant marines? I will also be doing deliveries on mega yachts. Does this count even though all I really do is clean and stand watches?
Anyone have any good book recommendations? I got out of the navy as a mm3 and am trying to switch to private work on ships. I feel too old to go to school so I’m just trying to work my way up rather than invest the time in the academies.
If it floats and is on navigatable waters, it likely counts as sea time. A friend had time on the water in his sea kayak count as sea time toward his 100 Ton. I’ve sailed with crewboat captains from Panama City that got their time running a jet ski.
As long as the vessel has an engine it counts as sea time, a kayak or row boat does not count, it must have an engine or sail,a kayak with an electric engine counts
4 hour days underway counts as 1 day if the vessel under 100 tons,8 hours counts as 1 day, 12 hour days count as 1.5 days ONLY if the vessel is approved for a 2 watch system
How do I properly log this time? So would all of those times I’m in my dinghy helping boats into a slip, getting fuel from across the river in Jerry cans, driving my rib to and from work? I easily spend 2-3 hours a day or more 7 days a week about nine months of the year in some sort of motorized boat. Like I said I also crew on a racing yacht about 10-20 hours a week and make a couple trips from New York to new port.
How would I properly log all of these times and days. I don’t want to lie bit I also don’t want to cut myself short when I work with and on boats daily.
small seatime service letter, download with an internet search, nobody would ever thnk of stretch the truth on small sea time, I am sure it take you 2 hours a day each way to get to work in the RIB because of the manatee zones in florida are NO WAKE IDLE SPEED ONLY,
You can write your own time up, if you are the registered owner of the vessel…Otherwise get the owners of vessels you sail on to sign it for the time…As far as school goes, in this business if you want to move up, school is almost mandatory…