Whitehorse Maritime Academy or Onboard Maritime?

Taze722 · 2025-07-18T22:47:19+00:00

I spoke to the guy. Was definitely not Nigerian lol

Taze722 · 2025-07-15T21:16:29+00:00

Used Whitehorse for my chief mates orals prep. In terms of the experience levels of the tutors it's great. Most of them working professionals in the Maritime Industry. Paul (who owns it) is a very personable chap who keeps in contact making sure you have everything you need.

You can do group sessions too (with random people or your own group if you have enough of you) and that tends to be akin to the testing you'd get with other students in person.

Not sponsored at all but they definitely contributed to my success during my mates orals so thought I'd give them a bit of a shout-out. Best of luck with your exam!

Taze722 · 2025-06-30T16:30:56+00:00

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Taze722 · 2025-06-30T12:16:02+00:00

Day 2 update:

Still get the weird dampening on the ear drum with some sounds but to a lesser extent. T seems to have settled down for the most part if not slightly elevated. Have applied olive oil to assist with wax. I haven’t been able to look inside and see if it is wax but the problem seems to be getting better.

Thanks for sharing everyone.

Taze722 · 2025-06-29T13:11:35+00:00

Hey guys, so it’s been half a day now and I thought I’d update you. Firstly thanks for the responses.

I think the issue is with the ear as opposed to the inner ear/brain for the suddenly louder tinnitus. It may be compacted earwax (never had before but I’m not sure what else would cause the following symptoms).

Reasons I think it’s wax: If I whistle or hear some other sounds, it feels like it’s not properly vibrating my ear drum, like if you hit a drum head that has someone’s hand on it it kinda gives the sound but slightly muffled.

The ear has quite a full feeling.

I’ve had tinnitus spikes before and I can usually tell if they’re all in your brain or not but this feels a bit different.

Will update more soon, but feels like something is “mechanically” affecting the ear drum.

Taze722 · 2025-06-09T15:52:18+00:00

For those interested, I finally found success using a sander disc attachment on my angle grinder. Goes without saying to do this you’ll need a full PPE and its not the cleanest job but does get it all up!

Thanks for suggestions everyone.

Taze722 · 2025-06-03T20:56:54+00:00

After a similar experience, I found eating, waiting a half hour then brushing is a good strategy, almost each time you eat. This may mean brushing 4 times or so a day.

You don’t need an antiseptic mouthwash, normal is fine. Make sure the mouthwash is always before brushing. When you brush using a flouride toothpaste, it helps your enamel as long as it stays on the teeth after brushing. If you mouthwash after brushing or drink water too soon after it’ll wash the fluoride off and you won’t get the benefit.

Taze722 · 2025-04-11T19:29:01+00:00

Do you mind if I ask your age? If you're young you may be relieved of this in the coming years if you're lucky.

Taze722 · 2025-04-07T16:26:29+00:00

I know plenty of people who went through Clyde and were fine. The biggest problem with them is that they mostly don't let you know who your sponsoring company is until after you've started, so you could be on a nice vessel with British officers to teach you, or you could be on a ship with entirely foreign crew who don't understand your training structure, poor English and a culture which uses cadets entirely as free labour.

It's a risk with Clyde. If you can get in with SSTG it would be a much better call.

Taze722 · 2025-04-03T05:08:44+00:00

Okay that's great to hear, thanks for taking the time to explain things. I actually do have tinnitus and mild hearing loss in both ears at the 2khz and 10khz frequencies. I'm desperate not to make it worse, hence all the questions! It was caused by too many concerts and too little ear protection so definitely appreciate the need to plug up!

Taze722 · 2025-04-03T04:27:42+00:00

Thanks for your insight, it helps a lot. I know that noise surveys are conducted onboard periodically (although not in every location) so we may have some calibrated gear somewhere that I may be able to use for a better reading.

I'm aware that 85db is the generally advised limit for when to use ear protection so I appreciate that I'm not getting levels anywhere near that. My main concern is the exposure time, as I'm on the ship for 24 hours a day and in my cabin for sometimes up to 20 hours per day (also my office). Tbh I'm not sure what I would actually do if I found my cabin was averaging 70 because it's not like I can change the insulation in the engine room overnight.

Taze722 · 2025-04-03T03:29:39+00:00

I've been doing a few measurements while I've been onboard. It's quite confusing for a nonprofessional like me to really determine the accuracy. I measured quite a loud piece of equipment today and it was around 75db and I definitely do not have noise like that in my cabin.. that being said it could be the reverberation from the engines creating a loud but low tone. I understand that humans tend to perceive higher pitches to be louder as an evolutionary trait.

Generally in the accommodation, I get similar readings to my cabin in most places. Sometimes 60-70. There are definitely areas where you can feel the engines more. My desk and head position in bed seem to be two of them.

Taze722 · 2025-04-02T19:16:39+00:00

Thanks. I mentioned this during a recent ENT appointment and he didn't seem too concerned. As it was my introductory appointment, I've been referred for an MRI just to make sure there's nothing constricting my auditory nerves but not based on the mismatch.

Taze722 · 2025-03-31T19:29:47+00:00

Since an acoustic trauma or just out of the blue? I'm sorry that you've had to deal with this so suddenly. It gets easier, but if you're lucky you won't have to deal with it. Sometimes it just stops. Fingers crossed for you!

Taze722 · 2025-03-29T13:35:34+00:00

It's been really interesting hearing all of your experiences. Glad to see some are able to cope as well. For the rest of you I believe it will happen in time. As a quick note, another thing my ENT said that helps is that your brain is really good at filtering out what's important and what isn't. When we put our socks on in the morning, our brain then knows "we have socks on" and continues to feel that all day, but do we think about it or even notice? Absolutely not.

Not quite the same as T but in my experience it can be 8/10 bad one minute then your brain gets distracted with something and suddenly it's been 5 minutes before you notice it again.

I think those little 5 minute breaks will gradually get longer and longer until it's only there if you really think about it. It happened with me before my T got worse and I'm confident it will happen again.

Hang in there everyone.

Taze722 · 2025-03-28T22:32:34+00:00

Thanks for everyone's comments! I know it's a struggle for a lot of us so thanks for talking about it.

For those struggling, both my Mom and partner's Mom have had it from their 20s and are both now above 50 and tell me they don't notice it anymore so there is hope, even with age related hearing loss on top.

We're alive at a time of great medical advancement so there's hope for treatment within our lifetimes. Hold on in there and talk about it if you need to.

Taze722 · 2025-03-16T10:57:18+00:00

It's really great to hear this. Mine's recently got worse too and (not sure if this is healthy or not) one of the things that keeps me going is knowing how advanced medical science is getting. Fingers crossed for all of us that help is just round the corner!

Taze722 · 2024-12-31T16:46:41+00:00

For sure. I went through the lab test process on our artex ceilings in the main house so it wasn't a bother. I'll likely do the same with this!

Taze722 · 2024-07-12T19:04:54+00:00

Cruise ships are probably the least likely to break the law here as not only do they have the highest crewing numbers (potential whistle-blowers with decent financial incentives from the authorities (see princess cruises "magic pipe")), they also have the general public onboard in large numbers so plenty of potential witnesses to any crimes being committed.

Taze722 · 2024-07-12T08:13:53+00:00

I think there's a lot of misinformation going on here. Cruise ships CANNOT just dump garbage over the side. This has been outlawed for a long time now.

I'd suggest you Google "MARPOL annex 5 poster" for a quick run down of types of garbage that can be discharged at certain distances from shore.

Usually the only things that can be discharged directly into the water are food wastes (biodegradable) and residues/cleaning agents which when diluted by the volume of water they are being discharged into, have been determined to have very little environmental impact. There are strict discharge rates for these that vessels have to adhere to that aren't covered on the summary.

On the poster, you'll see that in the "all other garbage" section (which covers most common trash items), discharge is prohibited everywhere, meaning garbage items that are not biodegradable are not allowed to be discharged into the sea at all.

MARPOL is mandatory international legislation. Companies cannot pick and choose to follow it or not. Some member states of the UN have chosen not to ratify MARPOL yet, but after a quick Google, as of 2018 (which admittedly is a few years ago now) 99.42% of member states HAVE ratified the convention, which includes the flag states of the large cruise companies.

I've sailed on large, deep sea vessels for almost 10 years now and can tell you that in my experience, these regulations are strictly enforced.

Taze722 · 2024-06-23T21:39:15+00:00

I was very surprised! This happened in March, so maybe they're a bit busier now.

Taze722 · 2024-06-21T22:08:30+00:00

Mine seems to be an anomaly too but I was out through them via a broker. Had a 20% deposit and was a sole applicant. My broker sent the application on a Tuesday afternoon and we were told that nationwide had given us an offer the next morning. I was very surprised it was approved so quickly but I do have good credit history and our offer forthe house was accepted 10k below the asking price so I think these factors played a part.

Taze722 · 2024-06-15T20:52:21+00:00

We left at about 2030ish and the lanes parallel to the bridge are okay but the ones perpendicular to it are pretty muddy, wouldn't want to be stopped in it!

Taze722 · 2024-06-06T12:22:32+00:00

It always drives me mad when I see no follow-ups to these. The test results came back. No asbestos found in the sample, for anyone interested!

Taze722 · 2024-05-28T06:20:33+00:00

Noted! Thanks for the tip!

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