Just call him Captain!

Nathan Marshal - Jumping for Joy!

After months of studying the laws regarding stability, righting angles, GZ times the weight = RM, free surface effect, deviation and variation, TVMDC, declination and amplitude, index errors and eye sights, MHW, chart datum, notwithstanding anything contained in Rules 4 through 18 any vessel......, the vessel on the starboard side....., morse code and all the rest that goes to make up a Class II skipper's ticket, a certain young Nathan Marshall is no doubt celebrating this afternoon having successfully completed his final oral exams in Dublin. Most certainly he will enjoy a pink pint or two in a hostelry oft frequented by friendly sailors before catching a plane back to Cornwall.

To see an example of the kind of questions you get asked in an MCA Oral Exam - check out MCAOrals.co.uk or test your own knowledge of the Rules of the Road, as the Collision Regulations are known.