M3000-1.2.7

Establishing a safe engineering watch - sea, anchor and port

M3000-1 · Navigation · M3000-1.2 Safe Navigational Watchkeeping Arrangements

This lesson distinguishes UMS, continuous machinery watch and engineer on call, and teaches the Master's command responsibility for setting and justifying the engineering watch arrangement at sea, at anchor and in port under MSN 1858.

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.