HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb

THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS FROM AN AMERICAN Merchant Mariner

Sunday, October 28, 2018

too much hate

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Maybe it's a coward's way out, but I find the best way to deal with turmoil, especially when my own mind is uneasy for the moment, i...
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Thursday, October 25, 2018

Ode to Cordage

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So, it's time to order some new hawsers here on board HAWSEPIPER's Afloat Global HQ/Temple of Masculine Ideals.      Mooring lines...
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Monday, October 22, 2018

The Grind

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Man, I'm in the doldrums already, one week in. Same shit, different day. Same shit, same day, in some cases. The first week passed by pr...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Waiting on the other shoe to drop...

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Well, so far so good. I turned in some old, I mean OLD certificates to the Coast Guard to get some things corrected and to add another endor...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Screw Change Part 9000

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Twice in a row, now, I've had a hell of a time getting back to work.  It's not like I really really want to come here. I mean, I h...
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Sunday, October 14, 2018

Cleanup day

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Well, 24 hrs from now, I'll be in the air, headed back to HAWSEPIPER's Afloat Global HQ/Center for Excellence in Involuntary Celibac...
Monday, October 8, 2018

small boat update

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After nearly 3 months off, it was therapeutic to sit down at my bench again and make sawdust.  Some things happened: I ruined about $75 an...
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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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