HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb

THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS FROM AN AMERICAN Merchant Mariner

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Home!

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 I'm back home finally. Happy to be here. Not a lot more to say. No wins were stacked, a couple of losses to people around me though. 
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Sunday, October 11, 2026

The Real Chinese Fire Drill

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 We're moored snug, rafted up at the company mooring ball, a permanent anchor set out of the way here in NY harbor.  The harbor's ge...
Thursday, October 8, 2026

Preemptive preempting

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 I'm trying really hard to be positive, which is another reason I have not been writing much. In talking to Inappropriately Hot Foreign ...

2 weeks

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 Well, I've got 2 weeks to go here.      I haven't been in a writing mood. Uninspired I guess. The days here are mostly the same lat...
Monday, September 28, 2026

1st nor'easter of the year

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 Well, the first Nor'easter came and went. It was a good one.   In the northeast US, a nor'easter turns into something close to a hu...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

...and back on board

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 I got back onto the HQ about 2 hours ago.     So, I had a good week away. I absolutely didn't expect that.             I was pretty ann...
Friday, September 11, 2026

Perspective

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 I need to count my blessings that I have minor things to bitch about like getting ganked onto another assignment, and having no hot water o...
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Paul, Dammit!
I'm Paul B and I'm a professional mariner and former but still occasionally a marine scientist. From commercial fishing in New England starting from age 8 to crewing on the largest ships in the world, to working on coastwise tugboats and oil barges. I married a Brazilian beauty queen and don't get to see her enough.
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