A watch that never goes off.
The voyage under way, held against its plan. The bridge reads the weather ahead in plain words; the office hears what matters.
It looks where you look.It keeps a lookout.
01Alerts
A sentence before a chart.
Each alert opens with a line a watch officer can act on at a glance. The figures, the chart and their source follow for whoever wants them.
A line from the watch · example
Wind backing north-west, rising to force 7 by 0600 ship’s time. Swell 4 m on the starboard bow. Expect about 1 knot less until noon.
02What the watch keeps
Four things, kept all the way across.
On track, or not
The ship’s progress against the plan, and how far she has strayed when she does.
Arrival, kept honest
The arrival time as it moves, with the reason it moved.
The weather ahead
Wind, sea and swell on the track for the coming days, with heavy weather flagged before it is met.
Options when it turns
When the weather turns, alternatives appear beside the current route, costed the same way.
03Bridge and office
On the bridge
The watch in plain words and the plan beside the track, readable at a glance.
In the office
The alerts that matter, for the ships you answer for: off the plan, late on arrival, heavy weather ahead.
04Questions
Asked on the bridge.
Does it steer the ship?
No. It watches and it informs. Every decision on board is the Master’s.
Can it watch a voyage planned elsewhere?
Yes. The Master’s own route can be watched in the same way.
When does the watch start?
When the ship sails. It runs until she arrives.