boat drill

Adequate boat drills were to be carried out for passengers.

The third mate is also generally an active participant in fire and boat drills.

Passengers participated in a boat drill on December 20.

It was hard to take boat drill seriously.

After the first moments of panic, they learned from their cabin steward that it was a boat drill.

Every day there is boat drill.

The five day trip across the Atlantic was reported as uneventful, except for long chow lines (two meals per day) and frequent boat drills.

The only time that steward department staff are charged with duties outside the steward department, is during the execution of the fire and boat drill.

What with lunch, lecture, boat drill, dinner and dancing, we had to snatch the odd moment to examine our living quarters and unpack our clothes.

A board of inquiry traced the fire to faulty electrical wiring, but strongly criticised the maintenance of equipment, thoroughness of boat drills, and the standard of supervision.

He had notice served that on account of possible danger from pirates there would be a general boat drill on the following day- -not merely for the crew, but for everyone.

Passenger ships usually publish a daily newspaper for the passengers - just a single or double sheet filled with thrilling items such as 'There will be a boat drill at ten o'clock this morning.

A muster drill (also sometimes referred to as a lifeboat drill or a boat drill) is an exercise conducted by the crew of a ship prior to embarking on a voyage.

This was the end of BUD/S Phase 1 training, the culmination of weeks of running, boat drills, running, pushups, running, swimming, more swimming, and running, running, and more running.

But when Poll, dressed in her sailor's uniform, proceeds to dance 'ship-shape'sur les pointes, with the Wives similarly equipped, it is easy to recognise the feminine touch that classical technique can give to their attempts at boat drill.

Like the platinum blonde (those of us with gray hair made up a distinct minority) who during an emergency boat drill peevishly insisted that "on the Holland American line we did this in the dining room, not on the freezing deck."