G’day Dan, Kevvy, Woody and Woody's Deckie,
Hope you're all well.
Items to note:
1. See flagged emails, no extreme surprises there. A few memos - mostly stuff that has been said before / common sense but obviously there are some issues Management is responding to.
2. Lifejacket demonstrations have been okay. We have been getting random passengers to demo them for us especially on the smaller runs, bit of an eye opener for a few of them. 3. I've driven / been on no less than 7 boats this swing but am confident that you will find Torresian in good order. All the usuals and more has been done this swing and for handover. Please let me know of any issues.
4. All MPM is up to date.
5. Regarding Bruce transfers; there is no procedure for this written. What I have been doing and is working well is... a. Call a no wash on VHF13. b. Get deckie to put fenders out in position as per photos on iPad. c. Approach with a "wedge" but get the boat reasonably parallel with the tidal stream so you don't have to flog it. d. Walk it in gently on the sticks so that the bow fenders make contact in position. e. Slowly bring in the stern ensuring that the boat is not moving fore or aft. f. Drop the kids off at school. There is a step on the port side front row to put on the deck so they can step up. The stern fender is critical as, whilst your stern doesn't neet to touch Bruce at all and you can keep it clear by over 0.5m easily and still make it easy for the crew to get across, if you do muck up or get a bit of wash or ground swell it will save your windows from meeting Bruce's sponson. There is a line there available on Bruce. I have not used it once as being a jet boat it is very easy to hold it in position and I feel much safer to be able to react to an unforeseen change and it the guys take less than 10 seconds to get across. Also this saves the possibility of "snapping in" the bow if you come up on it too quickly. Darren and crew have been very happy with it from a safety perspective as have I. You'll have it sussed out in no time I'm sure.
6. You have quite a few MPV runs on Wednesday 17/7 - be sure you check DataWeb / Emails and also the schedule as you have both runs to complete.
7. The small card on dash to assist with compass checks needs to be updated with the new deviations. I emailed management on 1/7/19 with a new one and asked for it to be printed but haven't heard anything back.
8. Please note that methylated spirits is to be stored bunded in blue bucket on the port side of vessel under spill kit (last row of seats inside) to be compliant with IMDG segregation and storage requirements. The small spray bottle as an excepted quantity is okay with other items. If we get audited internally / externally it could be an item to create an issue.
9. There is a new TV coming for the port side of cabin as picture on current one is intermittently faulty / changes size.
10. Jason Taranto was onboard 16/7 to look at FM200 issue (undercharged). See MRF and email. He is organising a new bottle to exchange with the current one. Tests are due this month so I assume that this may be done at the same time.
11. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not overtighten spin out deck hatches when doing weekly checks - we had to unscrew and dismount one this swing (and take it to slipway and apply heat etc.) as it was unable to be opened by myself, Tim and Brody (and a big breaker bar!) which is a pretty significant safety issue in the case of an emergency. These should be lanoxed too. Tool for removal with anchor winch handle (yellow), 19mm socket spanner under port side storage area on floor in tool kit.
12. You will note that the House Battery is left on overnight. This is to power the CCTV cameras 24/7. Have put in an MOC but no action has occurred, see register.
13. There has been a lot of seaweed and gunk floating around harbour and it has got stuck a few times in the jets. I have been backflushing daily as per Hamilton Jet manual reccomendations.
That's all that comes to mind for now. I will likely be on Sunrise if you have any questions.
Regards,
Tony.