What wrong with a woman on the helm ? there are good one and the
bad one ! If you refering to that patrol boat incident, the blame
is on the superivor officer ( happen to be a man ) for not taking
over command when he should, when the trainee make mistake if not
why she is trainee.
You are right, looking at the way the ship zig-zag, they must be
shouting
trainee"Left,right?",
superivor officer "Right"
trainee " Right or left?"
superivor officer" left"
trainee ""Left,right?",
superivor officer "Right"
trainee " Right or left?"
At this point, it is is fault as a superivor officer not to act. He
should have pulled out his pistol and shot her.
And your experience have proved me right. They are good at training
people, telling people what to do.
Wonder why SAF put most of them there? 
