On Apr 10, 7:39*am, HK wrote:
Richard Casady wrote:
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:20:19 -0700, "Pittman Pirate"
wrote:

If you read closely the descriptions of these crews, they are multinational
and one wonders how they all even communicate. *They are probably the
futigives and derelicts of various nations. *The main crew are skilled
people. *The rest are just oilers and deckhands.

The biggested freighter ever made has a crew of thirteen. The Emma
Maersk. The standard language of shipping is English. Oilers and
deckhands get scarce when the ship has a crew of fewer than 20. Modern
ships are so highly automated that there is nobody on deck or in the
engine room at night. This is not a new trend. *A century ago they
built huge schooners in order to get by with smaller crews than
necessary for a square rigged ship. The seven masted schooner Thomas
Lawson had a crew of 18 plus a steam winch.

Casady

A steam wench, eh? I guess she never got tired.

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Is that one of your "unheavels"?