HK Coxswain Grade 3 case studies
HK Coxswain Grade 3 · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Local Coxswain Grade 3 certificate is issued by the Marine Department of Hong Kong to people who are competent to take charge of small local craft in Hong Kong waters. It is the entry-level coxswain qualification for the local trade: holders are typically employed on small passenger launches, workboats, ferry tenders, sampans and similar vessels, and the certificate is also a stepping stone towards higher local grades. The HK Coxswain Grade 3 case studies are 5 cases and about 4,083 words.
1Plotter failure on a night crossing of the East Lamma Channel
You are coxswain of a 12 m GRP motor cruiser with twin 250 hp outboards, carrying six guests and one deckhand, on passage from Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island to a mooring off Causeway Bay. At 2115, ten minutes after clearing the Lamma ferry pier, the chart plotter and its internal GPS freeze and will not reboot.
867 words, about 4 min2Two give-way obligations at once off Green Island
It is 1430 on a fine Saturday in October, visibility 8 km, wind south-east force 4. You are coxswain of a 9 m open-cabin motor cruiser making 12 knots on a course of 270°(T), about half a mile south of Green Island, taking four friends from Cyberport to Lamma.
785 words, about 4 min3Standby Signal No. 1 with a mooring you have never inspected
At 0800 on 15 September the Hong Kong Observatory has the Standby Signal No. 1 in force and forecasts the No.
847 words, about 4 min4Engine-room fire two miles off Cheung Chau
You are coxswain of a 13 m diesel-engined cruiser with five persons on board, including a seven-year-old child, on passage from Aberdeen to Cheung Chau. At 1610, about 2 nm south-east of Cheung Chau, the engine-room smoke detector sounds and black smoke begins seeping from the engine-box vents.
775 words, about 4 min5Sixteen guests, a licence for twelve, and diesel in the water
You are coxswain of a licensed pleasure vessel, licensed to carry a maximum of 12 persons, taking a birthday party from Sai Kung to a beach at Tai Long Wan. Sixteen guests arrive, plus two of your friends who want to come along 'as crew'.
809 words, about 4 min