Modern logkeeping

[Arun Vajpey]

Do officers on modern liners, ferries and yachts still keep old fashioned handwritten paper logs or is it all boring computer entries? Somehow the idea of not having a sturdy logbook ledger in an oceangoing vessel does not seem right.

 

[Rob Lawes]

British Warships still maintain two paper logs. One similar to the scrap log others have already mentioned which records navigational highlights and ships routine, and a daily occurrence log that records key daily events and is mainly only used while in harbour.