An Interesting Discussion on DockWalk: Do engineers make good Captains? (On Yachts)

http://www.dockwalk.com/Essentials/DockTalk.aspx?g=posts&t=34068

Do engineers make good Captains? Captains need to have a solid grasp of engineering and this is precisely why Engineers are able to make the switch Captain on smaller yachts.

Absolutely right! Only 10% of a Captain’s job is driving the ‘boat’, the rest is management which a good Engineer will have already accomplished! I’m also a fan of the person that drive sthe boat and breaks it should fix it!!!!! LOL

Engineers do not make good captains on larger boats. They are too logical and lack the emotional compassion to run an effective crew. Besides, Engineers hate Deck crew by nature, never met one who didn’t. So you see the issue there. Now, we need to define Engineer. A person with mechanical aptitude who runs a 60-80 footer is not an engineer, and does make a great captain. This question is relative to vessel size. It takes ten years to be a good Chief Engineer and about Seven years to get all the tickets to be captain on a yacht over 500tons, so you just don’t see it….

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