Intro

Greeting fellow Merchant Navy crew mates!

I am creating this blog in order to bring my project into reality. 

I have just completed three years of Merchant Navy Training, and have been spat out the other end with a FdSc in Navigation and Maritime Science and a OOW unlimited Deck Officers Ticket. through out my officer training I have had the opportunity to travel all over the world, meet some extraordinary people, and face a whole cohort of challenges that not many 16-25 year olds would generally be faced with. But, I have SURVIVED! but many of my colleagues have fallen by the way side, contributing to the problem that the number of cadets finishing their training and gaining their officers certificate is falling. 

Thereby I want to create a small compact guide to help existing cadets, new cadets and possible cadets survive the many months away at sea and how to get the most out of their college phases. 

Throughout my training, there was a lot of literature on how to pass your orals right at the end and countless codes and rules and regulations which could cure any insomniac, but how do you get to that point? What do you need to do? What do you need to take on ships? who can help? Whats the syllabus? Is it for me? What even is the Merchant Navy?! (A question I have been asked too many times that i care to mention)

Within this blog, I want to reach out to all ranks of of the merchant navy, salty sea dogs to budding gadgets to answer any questions and to discuss topics to be addressed in my guide to ensure that it is a sound piece of literature, current and above all useful in helping cadets reach their full potential in the Maritime Industry. 

Will post again soon with the first chapter that I have written in the next few days. 

until then, standby.