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Today, 02:15 PM

skycowboy replied to a thread two weeks ago it was HGIM, now it is HOS's turn to announce big IMR newbuilds in Offshore

That's what I'm talking about. 6000 people in 34 staterooms

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Today, 02:11 PM

skycowboy replied to a thread STCW Rest Period Questions in Professional Mariner Forum

Do you realize that we will never be able to get that time back.

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Today, 12:32 PM

Steamer replied to a thread New Reality Show: Bravo's "Below Deck" in Scuttlebutt

Ah gee ... you know I love megayachts!

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Today, 09:00 AM

Steamer replied to a thread KULLUK grounding hearings as reported in the Achorage Daily News in Maritime News

The fuel contamination by additive sounds completely specious. As others have said, no one else seems to have had problems with the fuel in Dutch. ...

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Today, 06:41 AM

captbbrucato replied to a thread STCW Rest Period Questions in Professional Mariner Forum

A clearly articulated and soundly reasoned case, thanks.

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Today, 06:37 AM

skycowboy replied to a thread New Reality Show: Bravo's "Below Deck" in Scuttlebutt

You know it's not real. It didn't show one crew member wax on, wax off. Unless the life and death situation was when they accidentally used Turtle...

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Today, 06:24 AM

skycowboy replied to a thread two weeks ago it was HGIM, now it is HOS's turn to announce big IMR newbuilds in Offshore

And it will probably have the same cramped crappy living quarters as the 190's

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Today, 05:35 AM

cappy208 replied to a thread The world is headed to hell in a handbasket - hold on.... in Scuttlebutt

Sexual identity is established at Birth. To say otherwise would indicate your feelings, not what is scientifically accepted as truth. While I...

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Today, 05:08 AM

cappy208 replied to a thread Breaking down the "Wall" and "Getting My Feet Wet" in Engineering

Answer this question and you will likely get better answers. They all have their separate avenues of approach.

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Today, 05:02 AM

cappy208 replied to a thread New Question for JD Cavo in Maritime Training & Licensing

It's all OK. NO where can you get this kind of interaction with such a varied (ship, tug, OSV, Commercial, Yacht, and WAFI) amount of information. ...

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Today, 01:11 AM

cappy208 replied to a thread STCW Rest Period Questions in Professional Mariner Forum

It appears to me that the USCG only gets involved with 'hours' when a 2692 is submitted (when they have a mind to think it was due to rest issues) ...

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Yesterday, 04:39 PM

Steamer replied to a thread Help regarding US visa in Professional Mariner Forum

Geez man, chill out. In the rest of the world the chief is the First Engineer, the guy we call the 3rd is the Fourth Engineer. Who cares what you are...

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Yesterday, 04:36 PM

Steamer replied to a thread KULLUK grounding hearings as reported in the Achorage Daily News in Maritime News

This is enough to make you spew ... so where are the fuel samples and what kind of fuel additive created such a mess so quickly and why didn't the...

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Yesterday, 12:05 PM

jdcavo replied to a thread C/m assessments in Professional Mariner Forum

SSSSShhh. That's the double secret extra assessment for knowledge of and ability to locate relevant policy.

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Yesterday, 06:15 AM

Steamer replied to a thread Help regarding US visa in Professional Mariner Forum

China ... the place that makes all the stuff for Walmart.

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Yesterday, 06:13 AM

Steamer replied to a thread New Reality Show: Bravo's "Below Deck" in Scuttlebutt

Now now now c. As the new owner of a fine yacht you will learn soon enough that money flows from high to low in the boating business. The owner is...

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Yesterday, 04:07 AM

Jemplayer replied to a thread I am off my nut!...c.captain is today again a vessel owner! in Scuttlebutt

Just call her C. Hag and be done with it.

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Yesterday, 03:48 AM

jdcavo replied to a thread C/m assessments in Professional Mariner Forum

The Coast Guard does not have authority to "knock you down." While the Coast Guard can suspend or revoke a license, it usually requires an act of...

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May 22nd, 2013, 09:46 PM

Jeffrox replied to a thread Help regarding US visa in Professional Mariner Forum

Probably takes 15-20 days just receive, route, and process their mail. Visas or anything that involves any US Government office could take many weeks...

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May 22nd, 2013, 02:57 PM

Mikey started a thread New Reality Show: Bravo's "Below Deck" in Scuttlebutt

Well this looks juicy. Highlight: bra shot at :52 <iframe width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"...

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May 22nd, 2013, 11:35 AM

Steamer replied to a thread Happy National Maritime Day y'all in Maritime News

Is that some kind of appedix to the Endangered Species Act? I love the way those politicians "honor" the people and families they are working...

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May 22nd, 2013, 06:43 AM

Steamer replied to a thread KULLUK grounding hearings as reported in the Achorage Daily News in Maritime News

"Norman "Buddy Custard said he retired from a 30-year Coast Guard career in June 2012 and started working for Shell the same month." Gee, imagine...

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May 21st, 2013, 11:09 PM

exsubguy replied to a thread looking for two AB's in Maritime Employment

Actually there is a big lesson from this small thread. One guy from a company posts two jobs and his personal email. He sifts through the responses...

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May 21st, 2013, 08:28 PM

john replied to a thread USCG Kulluk Hearing May 20th in Professional Mariner Forum

For $55m, they can have gCaptain AND change my name to Roxanne ;) (Just don't tell OMSA that I'd use most of that cash to launch hCaptain.com and...

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May 21st, 2013, 08:10 PM

john replied to a thread USCG Kulluk Hearing May 20th in Professional Mariner Forum

You sound surprised Jeff. You didn't think those giant billboards in Houston were free.. did you?

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May 21st, 2013, 07:43 PM

Steamer replied to a thread USCG Kulluk Hearing May 20th in Professional Mariner Forum

When you are fighting against an entrenched and powerful force of corruption, you use any weapon and any all allies you can muster. Like John...

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May 21st, 2013, 07:03 PM

john replied to a thread USCG Kulluk Hearing May 20th in Professional Mariner Forum

The problem is they do operate in the dark since the media does not know or care about anything that happens past the beach... and gCaptain does not...

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May 21st, 2013, 06:54 PM

john replied to a thread USCG Kulluk Hearing May 20th in Professional Mariner Forum

Contacting your local station is useless but contacting individual reporters at the national level sometimes works (or, at least, has worked for me...

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