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That's a really good read. If the Navy really tried to replace helm and watch time with DVD courseware, they are in trouble. How do you teach a cadet how to ge
by TYPE_FASTER 9y ago
That's a really good read.
If the Navy really tried to replace helm and watch time with DVD courseware, they are in trouble. How do you teach a cadet how to get used to fading light and natural night vision via a 30min lesson?
Kind of related: http://www.yachtingworld.com/blogs/elaine-bunting/comment-how-the-team-vestas-wind-crash-really-happened-and-the-surprisingly-simple-things-we-can-learn-from-it-62634 http://www.yachtingworld.com/blogs/elaine-bunting/comment-ho...
A professional navigator put a Volvo Ocean Race boat onto a
reef, due mostly to not looking at paper charts.
- fredgrott 9y agoThey could of did what the US Army did in coming up with a game simulating real-life conditions...you could simulate fading light, navigation going out,and whole host of things requiring exercise of good judgment..might even up numbers of recruits for the US Navy as a whole..
- AdamJacobMuller 9y ago> fading light and natural night vision Have instructions in the video to dim the screen? </sarcasm>
- smacktoward 9y agoBut the thing about fading light is that it fades on a predictable schedule every day for free. There's no opportunity for anyone to get paid! Replacing training in natural light with a set of DVDs solves this problem nicely.