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Originally Posted by Don Ro
That, and when they've put in a full day of service, they are often put on watch for 4 hrs.
That was his explanation as to why these incidents are occurring.
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Its been that way for...ever...think sails and steam. But depending on how large the crew is you might only go on watch every few days. I was on a small cutter, we had only 19 man crew. We stood a normal four hour watch after working all day. But it depends on which four hour slot you had for watch (somebody is always on watch driving the boat). It wasn't really that bad I promise. And work all day is mostly mind sweat for Commissioned Officers. Hard but not physical. And factor in commonly called "dog watches" which are just a couple of two hour watches so you can change up the routine and put different people into the rotation at new times. Being stuck on the 12 to 4's for weeks can flip you out.-WW