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Taking over and handing over the watch

AUS-WKD-Y-M2 · The Navigational Watch · AUS-WKD-Y-M2-A STCW A-II/1 watchkeeping, on a yacht

A handover is a transfer of legal responsibility for the safety of the vessel. It is not a chat. Until the relieving officer says the words, the watch belongs to the officer being relieved, and every consequence of every decision belongs to him too.