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Re: resetting clocks on big ships
From: Barry Hudson
Date: 2000 Jul 20, 9:55 AM
From: Barry Hudson
Date: 2000 Jul 20, 9:55 AM
On large vessels you usually have a three watch system the hour of advance or retard is divided between the watches. Twenty minutes on the evening 8 to 12, twenty on the middle and twenty on the morning watch. The change takes place on the boundary of the zone e.g 7.5 West or thereabouts. I experienced a Captain who wanted to keep apparent time at ship, this meant rushing to the clocks to advance or retard as soon as the sun at Merid.Alt dipped. Barrie Hudson Paul Hirose wrote: > On large ships where formal watches are stood, how do they handle the > resetting of the clocks when a time zone boundary is crossed? If > you're on watch, and the clocks are set back an hour, do you just have > to grit your teeth and work the extra hour? Or does the skipper adjust > the times of the next few changes of watch so the hit is spread out? > > When Navy ships are cruising together, does the flagship command the > time zone change for all ships?
