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May 5, 2002
Vessel Data
Status: Enroute, San Francisco, California to Papeete, Tahiti
Latitude: 14-57.2’S
Longitude: 148-57.5’W
Total Distance: 3703.7 miles
Gone: 2527.4 miles
24 Hr. Dist.: 213.5 miles
To Go: 170.5 miles
Current Speed: 8.9 kts.
Engine Setting: 50 RPM’s Starboard engine
Weather:
 Air Temperature: 90°F
Humidity: 90%
Wind: E 10 knots
Clouds: Towering Cumulus
Sea Temperature: 84°F
Currents:
Water Depth: 4020 Meters
Sunrise: 0602
Sunset: 1740
Aboard the TSGB
Day 14
Daily Log:
 A man overboard can be the cause of death in very short order, or with a trained recovery, and good seamanship, just be another routine exercise. Today we spent the day exercising our man overboard crew.
 To save a man overboard, the ship has a special RIB (Rigid inflatable boat) that acts as the emergency rescue boat. It is designed with a single point-lifting pad and is easy to launch and
recover. In addition to launching the boat, the ship must be maneuvered close to the man overboard. If time permits, the
stern of the ship is swung away from the man overboard and then the ship either does a round turn which takes about 8 minutes, or a Williamson turn which takes about 14 minutes.
A t th e s a m e ti m e
as the ship is maneuvering, the rescue boat crew is getting ready to launch. Also, a Crew is making ready an emergency rescue boat just in case something goes wrong and the rescue crew
ends up in the water also.
 Once the ship is close to the overboard person, the rescue boat is launched, it maneuvers to pick up the person and then back to the ship for
hoisting where the medical team is ready to assist the injured person. The entire event can be over in less the 15 minutes with an alert well-trained crew.
A Tahitian Sunset From the Golden Bear
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