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THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS FROM AN AMERICAN Merchant Mariner

Sunday, July 26, 2026

A walk in white Brooklyn

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 When I am at one of our lay berths in Brooklyn in between cargoes, it's the only time I have at work where I can go ashore on my own w/...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

The second dog watch day

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 Well now, waking up at 1am is never fun, but glory be, I am waking up to a quiet watch. No cargo ops until tomorrow night.      So, with on...
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Saturday, July 18, 2026

Halfway Day

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 Busy this week, for sure.          We got our deck crane repaired, and after 6 months with the crane head having had enough twist in the en...
Monday, July 13, 2026

What's going on here

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 It's been a bit since I caught up with what's happening here. It's been notably busy, which is fine, but mostly I've been u...
Tuesday, July 7, 2026

That was a rough one.

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 Did I have a mental health crisis yesterday?  Damn, I was utterly miserable last night. Yes, 3 days of rain and the beginnings of diaper ra...
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Saturday, July 4, 2026

Happy 250!

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 Happy Independence Day, everyone.        We've been hanging out mostly over in Newark since I got back aboard the HQ.  The powers that ...
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Monday, June 29, 2026

...and nothing got done

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 Well, I'm headed to bed in a few minutes. Flying out to work on the first flight of the day tomorrow.       I had a very enjoyable time...
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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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