HAWSEPIPER: The Longest Climb

THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS FROM AN AMERICAN Merchant Mariner

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Father Time Is Not Kind

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That's me, age 38 or so.      Here's me yesterday, at 51.  Fffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....                As I'm elbow deep in the longe...
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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Hip deep

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 Not much to report. B returned on Wednesday, so I've been able to sleep through the night, which has been good.  It's busy, though ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Training Day

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 I've had a fill-in guy on board the HQ this week, and he's pretty green as a proper tankerman.     I say 'proper' in that h...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Yup

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

7/10, would poop there

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Things in the ongoing fustercluck that is the house project at my house in Brazil are starting to come together.         As I've mention...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Nice night.

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 I'm in Bayonne NJ tonight, but despite that, it's still really nice out tonight.  We're loading up a couple of grades of oil, s...
Friday, August 8, 2025

The decline in conscientiousness

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   I thought this was interesting, and it tracks from what I can see in general.  People, younger ones especially, are not grinding, not fol...
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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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