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THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS FROM AN AMERICAN Merchant Mariner

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Fun by the bucketload

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 Well... shit.      Still got running water. We're iced in pretty good at the moment here close to Brooklyn Bridge Park. A tugboat will ...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

My everything is sore

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       Well.              It's been unpleasant.  Single digit temps at night, everything is frozen, and 2 days of shoveling followed by ...
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Sunday, January 25, 2026

Panic!

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 So it's gonna snow I guess.   It's snow.   Calm down. Worst case, stay home a little extra. Oh My God!   Now, guys in Texas and the...
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Thursday, January 22, 2026

One week in: Report

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 Week two begins with dog watches, where over the course of 24 hours we work shorter watches until we are switched, so I went from nights to...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

And then, work

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 Welp, back to work.        I got back to NY tuesday afternoon for crew change bright and early on Wednesday.  It being my first week back t...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

At home

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 I've been home for a while now, and enjoying it.  In the meanwhile, something very cool is in the works, workwise, but it's still i...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Please enjoy this low-hanging fruit

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 From Daddy Warpig,       This is a Russian DJ dressed as an American aerobics instructor from the late 80's.        Leave me to my memo...
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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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