03JUL2018

Location: Gulf of Mexico, South of Pensacola, FL, enr to Pascagoula, MS;

Events: It was a quiet day underway, the 1^st watch was spent sealing up the spots we hit with the wire wheel two days ago and trying to rewire the other two light fixtures in the heater room. Something didn’t get wired right though as none of the lights came on after rigging them up. We had another drill, this time reviewing what to do in the event of the boat getting pushed out of the notch of the barge. The 2^nd watch was uneventful, we primed over the spots we had sealed earlier in the day and the lead tankerman went about a personal project of converting some amalgam of broken chairs and parts into some sort of functional rolling throne.

Things learned about vessel/barge: Electrical wiring.

Classroom information application(s): None applicable.

Supplemental Information: Turned out when wiring up the last two lights, the lead tankerman had hooked up to the wrong wire which didn’t carry a load. The assistant engineer and the backwatch figured it out and fixed it during their day shift. I’ve got about a week left on this boat which has put me on a heavy time crunch to finish my sea project, considering I thought I had 3 weeks to tidy it up. I should have it all knocked out in time, just gotta annotate the equipment list, draw out my diagrams and wrangle down one of the senior crew members for an interview (so basically everything lol).

Rules of the Road Scenarios? None Observed.