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THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS FROM AN AMERICAN Merchant Mariner

Thursday, December 11, 2025

No way

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Monday and Tuesday was so busy I didn't read the news or look at social media. I talked and texted with my wife and kid, worked, and Big...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

And now, this.

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I'm a week in on this tour aboard the HQ and winter is here. We had our first cold snap ans the HQ scored a resounding 'meh' in ...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Travel day

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 Welp.         At the airport waiting on my flight to, sigh, Newark NJ... just in time for a nasty storm to be waiting for me. Seems like it...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Home!

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 Well I've been home for almost a week. Doing some renovations and I've been in the kitchen and garage for much of the time.   My gi...
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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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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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