you move to the edge of the bridge wing and hear the 1mc call to the deck guys on the quarterdeck to prepare to receive the pilot and then call to the ship to man the sea and anchor detail and now you are on duty so you take your clipboard into the suddenly dark bridge and get the log from the quartermaster and snap the clip over it and find your pencil and hear the orders to the helm and carefully , slowly write it down , ahead one-third , as the helmsman reaches forward to the brass lever and pulls it back one click , the signal reaching down to the engine room where some guy will adjust a valve and then the pointer on the dial clicks back one stop , aye aye sir , he understands and will obey .