“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.” Theodore Roosevelt
The maritime world is full of strict rules that may only be broken “in extremis”. The best know of these rules are “Never Turn Left”, “The Rule of Gross Tonnage” and my personal favorite “When In Doubt, Call the captain”.
Like a brimstone preacher we put the fear of god into heads of young cadets with the telling of these rules and back them up with sea stories of near misses and failure. The cherry on this s...
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