Re: resetting clocks on big ships
Subject: Re: resetting clocks on big ships
From: Barrie Hudson (bhudson@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Jul 20 2000 - 11:54:33 EDT
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?
