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A love of the sea.
I knew your boat was built from oil refinery surplus!
Capt RB "Joe" wrote in message om... "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... I've come to a conclusion after having to deal with the likes of Shen44, otnmbrd, and RickyTugs and some others this past year or so that perhaps I have misjudged their motives. I think I owe them all an apology because I underestimated their love of the sea. It dawned on me as I was pedaling to the store a little while ago that, given all their other shortcomings and faults, their love of the sea must be a match or greater than that of the average sailor. Why did I come to this conclusion? Easy. Just examine what they do. They sit in a wheelhouse surrounded by modern technology. They breath air-conditioned air full of noxious fumes from the operation of the ship. They are subject to constant vibration and unnatural motion. Noise is a constant companion. They even admit to becoming seasick on a regular basis. They spend their time alternately gazing at a radar screen a Playboy Magazine and perhaps a video tape or television. Ever hear of crewboatidas? Its a real condition caused by high speed crewboats slamming over the waves. A compression of the spine. We use to stand in the galley and time jumping with the waves so that you would float in the air for a very long time, sorta like NASA's vomit comet. Alot of fun unless you time your jump wrong and have the deck slam up as you slam down. The galleys in most halter built boats had 12 foot ceilings. One type of boat was notourious for slamming because it had to much flair on the bow. Called Cam Crafts, everyone nicknamed them slamcrafts. And the noise is something you will never forget on a 145 foot crewboat that had 5, 12 clynder fully blown turbo charged 149 detroit diesel main engines screaming along at 25+knots. Only boat I ran that sounded better was a 95 footer that had 3 800 Hp Mercedes turbo units(MTU's). For several years we adveraged 600 miles a day working for Mobil. We serviced 3 drilling rigs 5 miles from the flower gardens and loaded out in Freeport Texas. Do the math, thats over 21,000 miles a year. How many miles at sea have you done in a year? What we saw would take you the adverage weekend sailor like you 5 lifetimes to see. If they are willing to ruin their health and well-being and put up with such conditions just to say they work at sea then they must truly love the sea in order to sacrifice everything to it. Is that way mariners work at sea so they can say "I work at sea" most I knew did it for the money. What one must wonder, though, is why is it they are either too stupid or too afraid to go to sea in a small sailing yacht where they can commune with their love of the sea and actually enjoy what they're doing being close to the sea in a healthy and challenging environment. Most do both. Go figure! S.Simon - Weekend warrior at best. Joe |
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