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STANDING ORDERS FOR BRIDGE WATCH OFFICERS RELIEVING THE WATCH ○ Carefully read and sign the night orders. ○ Note and verify the ships position on the chart. ○ Allow your eyes to adjust to the lighting conditions. ■ Do not relieve the watch until you know the existing situation. Obtain the following information from the officer you are relieving: ○ Watch Condition. ○ Vessels on radar, visible vessels, lights, whistles, bells, gongs or other sounds and the status of bearings or plots on them. ○ Visible land marks and land falls or navigational aids expected to be picked up. ○ Weather, wind, sea and forecasted weather. ○ Speed and revolutions vessel is making. ○ Course changes or other orders of Master. ○ Course being steered by standard magnetic compass and by gyrocompass. ○ Operational status of the radars and other navigational equipment. ○ Lookouts posted and their position (i.e. bow, starboard bridge wing, flying bridge, etc.) ○ Deck security, watertight integrity, tank and bilge soundings and condition of deck cargo and lashings. ○ Navigational lights are burning brightly during the hours of sunset to sunrise and during periods of reduced visibility. ○ Check communications systems to the engine room and lookout position. ○ Any other information you may need to understand the existing situation. ■ The watch is relieved when the words I relieve you. are spoken. The relieving officer is then in charge. ■ Do not turn the watch over to your relief unless you are certain that he has a thorough understanding of the existing situation and is awake, sober and alert. WATCHSTANDING CONDUCT ○ Turn the course recorder on, set it to the proper time when coasting, approaching sea-lanes or when visibility is restricted. ○ No signals of any nature shall be made to shore or other vessels without the Masters authority. ■ Closely watch the steering. Check compass error at least once every watch and on every course change. Check the ships position frequently when coasting.