The Ten Golden Watchkeeping Rules

10:30 AM Wed 25 May 2011 GMT

'Watch keeping skills - alertness is the key' .

How good are you at keeping watch? What makes a valuable underway watchstander? Are you wondering why you weren't invited back after that last passage? Here Captain John Jamieson gives ten golden rules about how to be the best watch keeper and a good friend to your crew mates (even if there is only one). Check them out to see whether your watch keeping skills need upgrading: The mandatory skills for a watch-keeper are to be able to scan the horizon with binoculars, track sighted vessels and adjust sails and rigging. Here are the ten top rules to get yourself ...

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by Captain John Jamieson