Hoy Stuart,
Well, maybe i will surprice you,when i was a deckman years ago on an inlandvessel(it was 67mx8.20mx3.04m).The skipper did not take care of that at all,he said this is a part of your education to become a skipper in future times.He was infact very modern in his thinking,on the otherhand i have another idea of it.
So i called for fuel,water and saterdays i went for the shopping(which we devided in priceamount).I did the repairs and the painting.Engineroom was mantained by me.Pumps were operated and repaired by me.However this all was for me not bad at all.I could do all these things without interfeared by him.And (this is what he most liked at all)i could allready steer the vessel,maybe i was young at that time but i've been on the sailvessels to from about 8m till 30mvessels.
So on monday it was most of the time on me to steer the vessel,i mean everywhere.Locks,canals,the river scheldt which can be very busy!!!and at night to.He trusted me,well i most say for myself,i was a good student for that.Radar no problem.Thanks that he lett me take care of all the things,which are needed onboard,i can steer anywere ,anyhow.Cooking,also very importent we did by changing by day.Here you can see some of the vessels i was on,for many,many years.
Enjoy the pics
Regards
Marc