HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb

THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS FROM AN AMERICAN Merchant Mariner

Saturday, November 15, 2025

I'm up, I'm up

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Well.        Unfortunately, my retarded choice of careers has made me pretty good at waking up on short notice and on short sleep.     I...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Cold nights

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 I pulled out my float coat yesterday. Needee it today for sure.  A float coat is a heavy waterproof coat with neoprene cuffs that is insula...
Saturday, November 8, 2025

Ennui

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 Had one of those days yesterday where nothing went right but nothing went terribly wrong, either; we all have 'em, and we all hate ...
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Sunday, November 2, 2025

A dick punch and deep thoughts on sailoring

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 There was 20 or so of us who came to NY to open up my employer's NY bunker operations, 15ish or so years ago.  Not a one of us LIKED Ne...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

The Grind

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 Well, I'm in it now. I've been at work for a week and I've got 3 weeks to go. When I get home, the holidays will be starting up...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Still not dead, but closer than

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It's a small thing, but I can't remember being this comfortable on a plane before.  It's the tween season here in FL, where I...
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Sunday, October 19, 2025

I'm not dead yet!

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 But I am at home. So, turns out that despite being in a good headspace for the 4 months I was at work, being home showed me that I was beat...
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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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