Marina Exam Reviewer: Your vessel has been involved in a collision. As master you have to write about the accident in the log-book. In order to only write the facts in the logbook, which of the following procedures do you find most correct?

Marina Exam Reviewer

Your vessel has been involved in a collision. As master you have to write about the accident in the log-book. In order to only write the facts in the logbook, which of the following procedures do you find most correct? 

A. Write down the story as favorable as possible seen from your own point of view. Make sure that your log-book tells your story 
B. Write down all the facts you have collected, and also write down your own opinion about the circumstances 
C. Write continually in the log-book as soon as the accidents happen 
D. Find out from officers and crew who have been in connection with the collision, what they have seen, so that detailed and complete description of the sequence of events can be entered in the log-book 


Answer:     D. Find out from officers and crew who have been in connection with the collision, what they have seen, so that detailed and complete description of the sequence of events can be entered in the log-book 

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