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Old 03-10-2025, 09:13 AM
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you would think but if everyone was eating breakfast or not within audible range, might not have been effective.

My last voyage was working on an oil tanker for the last time in the summer of 1990, and there were no automated warning systems for imminent collisions. The bridge was never left unattended, and I have had to turn on my spotlight on little sailboats with no lights at night, in very narrow channels so that they both saw us and I could monitor them. . Never know what stupid will do.

the analysis shows that the ship never slowed down, and that means unattended. You aren't supposed to have an unattended bridge at anchor as well, but it does happen. .