AUS-M500-Y-L2.4

Vessel operations and administration

AUS-M500-Y-M2 · Command · AUS-M500-Y-M2-A The step from keeping a watch to carrying the ship

A well-run yacht is legible. Anybody who steps aboard — a surveyor, a port state control officer, an insurer's expert, a new mate — should be able to work out how the vessel is operated within an hour, from the records. If they cannot, the vessel is not well run, whatever the varnish looks like.