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From: CE
Location: WI
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Date: 10/31/03
Time: 12:17:39 PM
A pilothouse watch on lakers is just the mate on watch and the wheelsman. The captain is usually present for most of the rivers. When arriving & departing docks, it's the captain & wheelsman in the pilothouse while the mate on watch is on deck. The term "on watch" more less means the shift of work one is assigned to as opposed to actually "watching" anything. The watchman does stand on the bow (or in the crow's nest during cold weather) while in the rivers. On the lake, the watchman does routine work like cleaning, painting and prepping the boat for the next dock. He also relieves the wheelsman for coffee breaks, wakes up and makes coffee for the oncoming watch, and is on call for anything the mate on watch will call upon him to do. Often a watchman has a deckhand working with him when "getting the boat ready" (making up heaving lines, sticking out cables, etc.) In port the watchman handles the forward deck winches, operates the hatch crane, takes on groceries and supplies, rinses cargo holds, etc....
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