An Introduction to Marine Engineering, for Cadets and Deck Officers

by B Sanchez

If you don’t know how a modern ship moves through the water, but would like You’re in luck! This introduction is a guidebook aimed at those who genuinely have no idea where to start. The very same folk who are sent to the storeroom to find ‘a long weight’! The technical mysticism of Marine Engineering has been stripped down to the common knowledge basics. Every line, chapter and verse is written on the assumption that the reader has no previous experience or knowledge (other than knowing how to read). With that in mind; Congratulations for wanting to understand how a large marine vessel gets from A to B. For the cadet officer just starting out. The book uses language you’ll understand and therefore remember • Lube oil is your super number one BFF • Fresh Water Generator - it makes sea water fresh A little about I had already had a MSc in Chemistry when I ‘ran away to sea’ aged 26. Since then I have obtained my BEng in Marine Engineering and Management and my EOOW II. I have been lucky to work with some great Chiefs and Seconds in two, household-name, international companies. Unfortunately, ships are busy places and people are only human. The result is, inevitably, some topics were not explained as clearly as I might have liked. Hence, this guide is to help you, the lost and confused cadet, find your feet. When I began my journey, I was not sure whether train to become a deck or engine officer. It’s a little silly that such a big decision is made with so little experience. Never-the-less I am content with my choice to go downstairs into the cave of magic bang-bang spin-spin. I am a happy man talking to my machinery, oily rag in my pocket, complaining about everything as I ‘tap’ it with a hammer. I can’t pretend to know everything, but, I certainly know enough to point a first-trip cadet in the right direction.

176 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 25, 2017