Joe wrote:




I hear Hazlewood sued exxon and won many millions of dollars.

Believe this may be correct, but sum was kept confidential. Lawsuit may
have been because Exxon threw him to the "dogs", as a sacrificial bone.

I know whenever I was in any type of channel, or in an area that you
could run aground I was on the wheel or standing next to the person
that was, hang over or not. **** rolls uphill on a ship.

Mates are for open water IMO.

Joe

Depends on the conditions. In the area that the Valdez was navigating,
any competent 3M should have been capable of doing the necessary
navigation. My problem was/is that the ship had to maneuver for ice and
the Captain should have been there for that reason alone, until clear.
When making the transit from Hinchinbrook to the pilot station or vice
versa, I'd be on the bridge, but the Mate would be in control, unless we
were navigating ice or picking up/ letting off the pilot.
BG That's what Mates are paid for, and remember, there's a difference
between being on the bridge and being in control of the bridge.

otn