Rover

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 ‘day off’.I get off watch at 6 am and don’t have to start another until 6 in the evening.I’ll probably nap and may read my book (Britt Marie Was Here).

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Vessel Name: Rover
Vessel Make/Model: Valiant 42
Hailing Port: Seattle. WA
Crew: Eric and Linda
About:
We're making a big change to a cruising lifestyle. Eric retired in 2012 after 32 years in R&D (mostly) at HP. Previous passions included flying and bicycling. Linda will retire in 2013 from Oregon State University. She's been active in Zonta, was a Scoutmaster, and is a champion baker. [...]
Extra: Linda was barrel master and Eric participated in the Jackson Street Vintners; a group of friends that made wine from 2000 to 2013
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