The Triton - Monaco Today - Day 1

M O N A C O Wednesday • Sept. 22, 2010

o o o Sun & Moon WeatherSunset: 19:28Moonrise: 18:43; 97.9% illuminatedSunrise tomorrow: 07:18

Today: Mostly sunny, high 24CTonight: Clear, low 17CTomorrow: Sunny, clear, 24C/18C

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An update on all things MCAGOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: No new ECDIS training for ticket holders, but safety refresher courses are necessary, said Roger Towner of the MCA, standing. PHOTO/DAVID REED

By Lucy Chabot Reed

Capt. Roger Towner of the MCA delivered good news and bad news at the PYA forum last night.

The bad news is that the formalities he predicted last year – a final official version of the LY2, for example – still haven’t been delivered.

But first, some good news: The MCA will not require existing license holders to come in for extra ECDIS training. This generated the evening’s only burst of applause.

The Manila amendments to the STCW require revalidation of ECDIS certification, and deck officers likely will receive more training in this area in the future, but those with licenses since about 1997 do not need more training in electronic charts.

Another item Towner listed under “good news” is the requirement that basic safety courses such as personal survival techniques and basic firefighting will need to be refreshed every five years. Beyond the basic courses, though, the MCA will require masters and medical-persons-in-charge to refresh their first aid certification every five years, even if the IMO does not.

Just exactly what the refresher courses will look like, though, is still unclear. The amended STCW offers only the competencies that must be addressed; the course guidelines to achieve them are expected in “a month or so,” he said.

“We expect there to be a one-day refresher course for the wet stuff every five years, and a one day for the

Things to See/DoFirst Aid Live DemoWhen: Anytime Where: British Marine Federation Pavilion, Darse Sud, QS42Ocean Medical International will provide live demos of first aid procedures such as resuscitation and suturing as well as the STS Lite Telemedicine monitoring unit that transmits vital signs live to a center manned by doctors. (www.yachttelemedicine.com)

Cocktail receptionWhen: Each night, 1700 hrs Where: Derecktor booth, Darse Nord, QD11Derecktor is celebrating the launch of the 85.6m M/Y Cakewalk with champagne every afternoon.

1. Why does the phrase “red skies in morning, sailors take warning; red skies at night, sailors delight” make sense?

2. Where does the term Mayday come from?

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hot stuff,” Towner told the group of about 60 captains, crew and industry professionals.

Dubbed Capt. Roger Towner’s Crystal Ball, the seminar was hosted by the Professional Yachtsmen’s Association and sponsored by Bluewater and JPMA Ltd. Towner is the UK Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. Formerly chief examiner, he once again fills that role as his replacement recently retired.

The amendments to STCW go into effect Jan.1, 2017, but there is a five-year transition period preceding that, which means they begin going into effect Jan. 1, 2012. The MCA is hoping to encourage implementation of the regulations as soon as possible.

Towner reiterated the three new levels of security training that will be required of all new seafarers: the security awareness training (about two hours added to an existed course, he estimated), the marine and environmental awareness training (likely a couple hours added to existing basic training) and a security familiarization on the yacht.

“Don’t ask me what that is, but you have to do it,” Towner quipped.

All of that may stretch the five-day STCW training program into six days, he said.

The new engineering certification, the ETO (Electro-Technical Officer), will be available to yachts but is not required.

“We have no intention of introducing a yacht-specific ETO, unless you want one, then we may look at it,” he said.

There is still talk of combining the Y1 and Y2 engineering tickets, he said, and confirmed that there will be consultation on the lower-level engineering certifications.

The audience seemed most interested in sea time, or specifically, the transferability of yachting sea time toward a merchant license.

With the MCA yacht license topping out at 3,000 tons, Towner made it sound relatively straightforward to complete all the courses for the unlimited Officer

of the Watch certification via a distance-learning program – all while making a yachting salary – and then joining a commercial ship for a higher master’s ticket.

The IMO, however, is not so sure sea time on a yacht should transfer. The MCA is set to argue that point with the IMO in a meeting in January.

“In the future, there will be a way to move from yachting to another part of the maritime industry,” he said.

When asked about the rumors of a 5,000-ton yachting ticket, he said they were just that: rumors. Members of the Red Ensign group of countries don’t issue certifications, per se, but certificates of equivalent competencies.

“There’s a limit to what they can do,” Towner said. “If they are doing the 5,000 ticket then, my view is that it is not correct.”

Belize has offered a 5,000-ton license, which requires the MCA 3,000-ton license and an oral exam, but to date, Towner did not know of anyone who had done it.

As for the bad news, Towner offered this by way of update:l It was decided two weeks ago to

send the second edition of the Large Yacht Code, the LY2, to consultation for three months. It includes new regulations regarding submarines, helicopters, radio and window cleaning, Towner said. Apparently, he said, the practice of hanging off sailboat tracks meant for masts and rigging can be unsafe, so the MCA is writing some regulations about it.l The Large Yacht Passenger Code,

1336 Code, is being written by the Cayman Islands and he said he thought it might be announced at METS in Amsterdam in November.l The Maritime Labor Convention is

being discussed this week in Geneva and it is still unclear how it will impact the yachting industry.

Lucy Chabot Reed is editor of The Triton, a monthly newspaper for yacht crew. Comments on this story are welcome at [email protected].

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into position yesterday, we were curious to learn from whence they came. So we asked. Busy crew were kind enough to take a minute to let us know where they have been this summer, and we were happy to learn that a majority of the ones we spoke to had been busy with the owner and/or guests aboard, and in some fun places too, such as Croatia and the Baltic, in addition to the Western Med.

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FINAL TOUCHES: Getting ready for opening day Megayacht crew worked hard Tuesday, polishing and cleaning, making sure their vessels looked show ready. PHOTOS/LUCY REED

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