Watches
24 August 2019 | Humboldt Bay, California
Linda, R.S.
On Rover, for our trip to San Diego, we are using the Swedish Watch System.I like it!There are 3 watches; A) Eric and Frankie; B) Ben and Linda; and C) Peter and Kristen.This is what the schedule looks like:
Afternoon Watch 12 noon to 6pm
Evening Watch 6 pm to 10 pm
Mids Watch 10 pm to 2 am
Dawn Watch 2 am to 6 am
Morning Watch 6 am to 12 noon
Each watch crew does one shift on and 2 shifts off.Today Ben and I have the afternoon watch, are off for the evening and mids and go back on watch at 2am.
The incoming watch has 20 minutes to get themselves ready.Once they are in the cockpit the off-gong watch will brief them on weather, wind, waves and boat traffic to be aware of.
Each watch does an hourly boat check which involves checking the charge of the batteries, making a note of the fuel gauge readout on both tanks, checking the engine room, opening 2 of the bilges to check the water level, making a note of the engine water temperature, oil pressure and RPMs.Finally we make a note of our location (latitude and longitude) and mark that location on the paper chart that sits on the nav table in the cabin.
There are also daily chores.Afternoon watch cleans up lunch, does soles and bowls (sweeps and cleans the cabin), and prepares dinner.Evening watch cleans up dinner, Mids have no chores, Dawn prepares breakfast and Morning cleans up breakfast and prepares lunch.
Because there are 5 watches every 24 hours each watch crew slides through all the watch times.So every 3 days everyone gets a sunrise, a sunset, a day off and evening sleep.
Tomorrow is my âday offâ.I get off watch at 6 am and donât have to start another until 6 in the evening.Iâll probably nap and may read my book (Britt Marie Was Here).
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