vessel is steering off of. The relief helmsman will then take the helm and repeat all the information to ensure that he/she knows what to steer while on watch. An example of this would be: Helmsman: "Helm is being relieved... steering two-four-eight per gyro, checking two-four-five per standard. Helm is in hand, rudder amidships, steering off the port pump." Relief: "Helm has been relieved... steering two-four-eight per gyro, checking two-four-five per standard. Helm is in hand, rudder amidships, steering off the port pump." The officer on watch will usually reply with "very well." See also Coxswain Seafarer's professions and ranks Tiller orders, e.g. "Starboard helm" was used to turn to left Showrunner, head producer of a television series, who by analogy to helmsman is also referred to as the helmer and the person helming the series Notes References "Is it a bug, or is it a feature? Taking the social organization of work into account in human-machine systems design," by Peter Carstensen, Morten Nielsen, and Kjeld Schmidt. Systems Analysis Department, Risø National Laboratory, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark. Nautical terminology Marine occupations