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by christinamltn 3228 days ago
You may not need to physically hold the wheel but someone does have to be awake on watch at all times, even with radar & AIS.
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Someone should tell the US Navy: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/22/us_navy_4th_ship_mi...

I don't care how many fancy screens you have, one person on watch with a pair of binoculars should have spotted a bloody oil tanker.

The folks who do round the world solo races might beg to differ