The WATches And communicATion
A work in maritime security of the ship is fulfilled in the watch system on the wings of the captain's bridge and in 99% it is restricted
to observation of the sea in order to identify a threat properly in advance. In the Maritime Security it will be an armored staff of the skiff
(a long, agile boat in which sail both fisherman, and pirates) or a mother ship – a movable base for pirates enhancing their operations area.
When a captain is mentally on our side, a team is enabled to use a radar which handling is not very complicated (it can be receives as a heresy
by lecturers of the Maritime University but they must realize that a world still goes forward). If we need to confirm information from the
radar so we turn directly to the captain or officers who perform a watch on the bridge. It happens that skiffs are nor detected by radars so
those who think that electronics will replace a routine observation of the horizon with the spyglasses are mistaken. At the beginning we can
learn a lot from the experiences sailors who in the blink of an eye can notice a little flash what takes us a longer while.
In the case of sailing into high-risk areas on which hijacking were previously noted, a captain or a TL can order doubling of the watches.
Usually, the watches with a 4-people team and 1 observer last for four hours. When changing a number of observers, the time intervals must
be of course changed, too. The team members maintain communication using short-waves radios, and in the emergency situation commu-
nicate through the ship's sound system (using voice or alarm signals).
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