HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb

THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS FROM AN AMERICAN Merchant Mariner

Sunday, February 25, 2018

I got nothin'

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Well, we had a quiet weekend here at HAWSEPIPER's Afloat Global HQ/Center for Excellence in Achieving Diaper Rash.      We're in d...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Fogbound

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It's my turn to take the midwatch tonight, and I woke up just as we were finishing a cargo discharge. I saw that we were socked in with ...
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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Carnival 2018 (NSFW)

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With the horrors we've experienced as a nation in the past 48 hours, it's easy to forget that Brazil's Carnival season wrapped u...
Sunday, February 11, 2018

What's a-happening now

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I've been a little eclectic in my reading lately. I'm all over the board. It reflects the somewhat chaortic nature of the projects a...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

first watch back

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Well, I count myself lucky that the majority of my first watch back can be spent on things I want to do, rather than cargo operations.    ...
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Friday, February 2, 2018

little boat update and looking ahead

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It's time to start winding down my vacation and doing the hundred little things that need to get done before I head to sea again next we...
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Friday, January 26, 2018

home!

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I'm at home, and in my first few days I've hammered the hell out of the honey-do list. I haven't had a chance to sit in my shop ...
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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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