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OneEighteen — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:43:52 -0000

Sorry. I meant a chart or diagram for us readers who aren't real familiar with the area so we could follow your narrative better.

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Kennebec Captain — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:31:58 -0000

Capt John Denham

Thank you for your response. You are right of course, it is the ship's responsibility to monitor the progress of the ship on the chart.

I am looking forward to reading future articles

Thanks

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John Denham — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:43:57 -0000

Kennebec Captain.
Great professional response and good comments.
"Mental DR" is my term. While conning I subliminally kept a mental chart in my mind as to where I was without refering to a chart or radar. I used the radar as a frequent check in good visibility, in fog it was the basis of my navigation, but I was prepared to not have it available. The track of the vessel is to be maintained bythe ship and the person directing the navigation is to be kept informed etc. Frequently in delta fog one is in and out in matter of minutes, sometimes while approaching a berth or bridge e.g., Antioch. One needs to instantly know where you are and what is around. One can not run to a radar and try and find things on whikle proceeding ahead down curreent. It is also referred to as chart rehearsal. Refer Ch 9 Merchant Marine Officers Handbook.

ONE EIGHTEEN In my original work charts are included but John Konrad pays for most of the blog and he cant afford everhthing. If you want I will send you an original Send me your email address. This will be a feature piece in my forthcoming book "Collisionsa ,Allisions and Slovenly Seamanship."

SF Citizen et al., Sorry I been on the Mississippi learning what high water does to a great route. No TV or internet and happy hour started at 3PM. JGD

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OneEighteen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:46:05 -0000

A chart or diagram would be helpful.

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SF Citizen — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:15:48 -0000

Thanks for the post.

An ALJ was skedded to hear the acusation in Oakland on April 28, but this got pushed back to at least Sept 2., per the SF area BPC six weeks ago.

(Also, the Administrative Law Judge who will hear the case, Melissa Crowell, is a full-timer.
http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_deta... )

http://www.pilotcommission.org/notices/aPOST2.pdf

1. At a further prehearing conference held February 21, 2008, the Administrative Law Judge
granted a continuance requested by Captain Cota due to ongoing difficulties with
obtaining admissible evidence, to permit other matters to be resolved, and to ensure a fair
hearing. Captain Cota, through his counsel, agreed that his state pilot license will remain
suspended pending the completion of these proceedings.
2. The tentative hearing date of April 28, 2008 was vacated. The ALJ ordered a new
hearing date of September 2, 2008. Current estimates for the length of the hearing is 15
days. The hearing will be held for four days each week until completed as follows:
September 2 - 5, 8 - 11, 15 - 18, and 22 - 25. The hearing will commence each day at
9:00 a.m. and will be held in an Office of Administrative Hearings' courtroom in the
Elihu Harris State Building, 1515 Clay Street, Oakland, California.
3. The hearing is open to the public. This notice of the hearing will be updated once the
courtroom number is known. The length of the hearing is subject to change.

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Kennebec Captain — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:53:36 -0000

Capt Denham, Great article, good background and good insights.

My question would be regarding the pilots "mentally visualized the vessels track" - Proper Bridge Resource Management requires the the planned track be more then "mentally visualized " ,. The bridge team is required to monitor the vessels progress and if it is not as planned, to speak up and question the pilot. If the plan is only in the pilots mind, that can't be done. Thanks for a great article.