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Jackcooper t1_j1ofyp8 wrote

So what is the safeguard if a captain is drunk? Shouldn't there be a first second or third mate not too far away?

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YalsonKSA OP t1_j1opuln wrote

Not sure, to be honest. You'd think there would be some redundancy. But the article says there were only six crew on this vessel, so maybe it was short-handed or the second-in-command was briefly elsewhere on the vessel, in the mistaken belief that they could leave the captain on their own if they were just sitting in a chair without them crashing the ship into Cornwall.

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