On Jan 7, 8:49*am, Joe wrote:
On Jan 6, 5:15*pm, Bob wrote:

Well shiver my timbers ! !
Its captain joe of the ill fated RED CLOWN.........

Have you sunk any boats lately???

Why not take your own advice and start shipping out Bob?

I have.


You seem to be a regular rbc know it all master of the seas yet never
speak of anything you ever attempted as a professional mariner or as a
sailor on your supposed boat.

I tend not to be a self masturbating know it all simply stroking my
own ego. I will give my opinon but when it comes to my personal life I
have three words............... go **** yourself.



IIRC you said you were going to work on a tug cleaning the heads
ect...what happened with that?

I had an offer outside the tow sector. ANd as I ahve said before. Id
rather be sweeping and cleaning heads than working on some luberly
land job boasting about my PAST.


You dont need an AB to get on a crabber.

Yes, that is true. The only thing you need there is:
10th grade education
two past DUII, with one pending.
2 ex wives
1 domestic assault convection
1 repoed 4x4
$10,000 in back child support payments
$60,000 back taxes.
wages garnished.


Lots of AB & OS positions in the oil patch you could get on easy
enough if you wanted.

Yes, absolutly true. In fact i was talking to a friend of mine this
morning wholl be eating lunch with the HR at Rigdon Marine about now.
Even if oil is down from $147 to $40 the gom is still hiring.

HOwever new TWIC and USCG licensing/medical requirmens have placed
demanding requirmens on new mariners. I doubt someone like yourself
would qualify.


Work the rivers on push boats, that pays great.

Boy ar eyou misinformed...............


100's of shrimpers need hands.

Same comments as for crabbers except for the shrimp fishery in the GOM
is belly up with no future and the quality of deck guys is even worse.
Bering is sorta the elete of the fleet compared to the coonass
shrimpers. Try learning more about the fishery.



Paying 1500 then never ending union dues for a maybe position on a
union ship and an AB card.

I fa perso ndoes the homework union shipping has excellent pay. Sure
the Day Rate seems low compared to the GOM but pencil in: over time
after 8 hr, ATO (get payed on time off on beach) medical etc
PROTECTION by a labor contract and Union wages are similar if not
higher considering total compensation package.

Plus SIU promises a job after completing teh 7 month school

Your slave mentality is showing. I know everyone in the GOM is
brainwashed to think unions are bad. Looks like you you are still
clinging despretly to that brainwash job you got.

You could work as an ordinary seaman, make money and earn sea time
then sit for an AB free.

Yup, I agree. But for some the SIU school is a very easy entrance into
the industry with incredible support from the union. Plus all
education and up grades are free right up to 3M Unlimited 2M CM then
Master. The STCW-95 OICNW classes alone are $20,0000 and 16 weeks
street price.

I suggest you get infomed and past your fat gut. But then again
forcasting consiquences of behaviors are an upperlevel thought
process. If you had that maybe that coffee blunder would have been
avoided.


Someone with your self imagined skill set could surly pass a simple AB
test.

ALread did some time ago.


Can you answer your own question? Do you have what it takes?


The motive behind my post here was to let people who are interested in
a marine career know just how easy it is to walk into a deepsea
career.

I know many here want to be on the water and in this economy may need
a good job or may have an adult child foundering for a career. If my
personal situation was diffrent id jump on this opportunity in a heart
beat. But the SIU program, while excellent, does not fit my career
path at this time.

Im doing what I want to do. If you remember correctly I was one of the
3 people who called absolute bull **** on coffee importing. I cited
your arrogance and ridgid inability to adapt and learn as your
greatest flaw. Looks like my assessment was accurate.

Have another beer and tell us about the good old days 20 years ago
when you "ran crewboats." I for one am doing now what others dream
about doing and others say they did 30 year ago.

Bob
Good luck to you Joe. Learn from your failure, move on, and better
yourself.


Good luck.

Joe