M3000-1.2.1
Principles of navigational watchkeeping - sea, pilotage, anchor and port
M3000-1 · Navigation · M3000-1.2 Safe Navigational Watchkeeping Arrangements
This lesson distinguishes the four navigational watch regimes — sea, pilotage, anchor, and port — examining the appropriate level of resource, attention, and Master's responsibility in each, and the standing/night order framework that governs when the OOW must call the Master.
Independent preparatory study aligned to the MCA Master (Yachts less than 3000 GT) examination syllabus (updated June 2026). Not an MCA-approved course and confers no credit toward a Certificate of Competency.