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Yesterday, 07:06 PM

c.captain started a thread my main man! Tony Munoz with another great op/ed on Obama's lack of maritime interest in Maritime News

this is a must read piece... Tony, I want to thank you most sincerely from the American Mariner ...!

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June 17th, 2013, 11:11 PM

c.captain started a thread oh dear...this is not good (part deux)! in Marine Incidents

very curious how the two halves have managed to stay afloat like they have? Like two completely separate ships Better get MAACO!

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June 16th, 2013, 09:22 PM

c.captain replied to a thread seriously...what could a person do with an old US Coast Guard icebreaker? in Ships For Sale

I am also an OP survivor from many years ago...something to do one time to say you did it and to be able to tell the seastories afterward. Of the...

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June 16th, 2013, 11:18 AM

c.captain replied to a thread seriously...what could a person do with an old US Coast Guard icebreaker? in Ships For Sale

Hell she was a blast to work on (pun intended!) Pay abysmally low, living conditions appalling, machinery which barely ran but getting to spend...

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June 16th, 2013, 07:47 AM

c.captain replied to a thread seriously...what could a person do with an old US Coast Guard icebreaker? in Ships For Sale

Friendships in Lake Charles has two of the ex 180'ers which they use for humanitarian missions. They changed their website and it doesn't...

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June 16th, 2013, 07:35 AM

c.captain replied to a thread seriously...what could a person do with an old US Coast Guard icebreaker? in Ships For Sale

I've always liked the look of the RELIANCE class medium endurance cutters but when I ever see one up close the shell plating always appears to be...

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June 16th, 2013, 07:07 AM

c.captain started a thread oh dear...this is not good! in Marine Incidents

What was I saying before about mom and pop boat companies?

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June 15th, 2013, 09:11 PM

c.captain replied to a thread seriously...what could a person do with an old US Coast Guard icebreaker? in Ships For Sale

for a long time Marcon had a 180 bouytender for sale which was in Lake Huron I believe and had been in fresh water its whole life. Price was only...

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June 15th, 2013, 09:06 PM

c.captain replied to a thread a young man's story I think all of our aspiring mariners to be should read in Cadet Talk

I'll certainly just say that Mr. Ilgunas would make a DAMNED GOOD mate and a man of his calibre would be welcome on my ship anytime. His is the kind...

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June 15th, 2013, 08:34 PM

c.captain replied to a thread seriously...what could a person do with an old US Coast Guard icebreaker? in Ships For Sale

The Job Corp school at Tongue Point in Astoria has one and my recollection of it before they got it was that it was immaculate. I remember is...

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June 15th, 2013, 05:10 PM

c.captain replied to a thread Cadet Talk in Cadet Talk

yeah, marine sciences professors at KP perhaps? Lord knows none of them have ever been to sea on a working commercial vessel in at least 20 years if...

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June 15th, 2013, 03:19 PM

c.captain started a thread a young man's story I think all of our aspiring mariners to be should read in Cadet Talk

all I can say is that I admire this fellow's dedication to do the right thing and hope his future turns out to be one filled with much success both...

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June 14th, 2013, 08:23 PM

c.captain replied to a thread Cadet Talk in Cadet Talk

Now, regarding the matter of cadets talking to other cadets about their schools and career options. I feel that the All Service Academies forum is...

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June 14th, 2013, 08:13 PM

c.captain replied to a thread Cadet Talk in Cadet Talk

and what is wrong with the photos I chose to post? I try hard to pick photos that both have some relevance to the topic but with emphasize my point...

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June 14th, 2013, 12:58 PM

c.captain replied to a thread Cadet Talk in Cadet Talk

well the Good Lord knows I deserve a few and from a man I hold such high esteem, I'll take em...

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June 14th, 2013, 12:12 PM

c.captain replied to a thread Cadet Talk in Cadet Talk

is that a shot there Mr. Scott?

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June 14th, 2013, 11:45 AM

c.captain replied to a thread Cadet Talk in Cadet Talk

sorry something went wrong and a post got lost here along the way but I was trying to say that any newcomer to the industry needs to grow a hide...

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June 14th, 2013, 07:43 AM

c.captain replied to a thread seriously...what could a person do with an old US Coast Guard icebreaker? in Ships For Sale

now there's a 120' Torpedo Retriever in San Diego Now there's a vessel somebody could put to a good use...too bad I am broke!

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June 14th, 2013, 07:30 AM

c.captain replied to a thread Cadet Talk in Cadet Talk

they're all too embarrassed

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June 13th, 2013, 09:21 PM

c.captain replied to a thread Hot Girls, Hotter Ships - Photo Contest in Scuttlebutt

this is NOTHING! You want to see a "Hot Girls on Boats" thread then go here 347 pages of this! I love it when they wear those straw...

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June 13th, 2013, 09:10 PM

c.captain replied to a thread Idiots get stranded on an iceberg in Scuttlebutt

that is no iceberg...that doesn't even rate an ice cube The Icelanders shoulda lettem drown!

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June 13th, 2013, 08:19 PM

c.captain replied to a thread It's Saturday, don't tell John, but I'm slipping in two Boudreaux Thibodeaux jokes.. in Scuttlebutt

this joke makes no sense boy! Now how does either a Boudreaux or Thibodeaux manage to live in south Louisiana without at least one of them having a...

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June 13th, 2013, 07:55 PM

c.captain replied to a thread Idiots get stranded on an iceberg in Scuttlebutt

I want to see photos!

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June 13th, 2013, 07:29 AM

c.captain replied to a thread shit sticking to another GoM company in Maritime News

I'm still waiting...

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June 12th, 2013, 08:59 PM

c.captain replied to a thread shit sticking to another GoM company in Maritime News

please find for me where I use the word "illegal"?

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June 12th, 2013, 08:20 PM

c.captain replied to a thread Captain/Mate - Confidential - New England, CT in gCaptain's Job Board

but don't you get it? I am a HARSH man who hates the game and the players both! It's not complicated, it is simply my nature is all. so...

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June 12th, 2013, 08:04 PM

c.captain replied to a thread shit sticking to another GoM company in Maritime News

somebody just has their panties all in a twist because I dumped their employer in with the lot of dirty laundry... interesting what turns up when...

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June 12th, 2013, 08:29 AM

c.captain replied to a thread What's the last job you'd take at sea? in Professional Mariner Forum

Anytime raw shit needed to be cleaned up on any of my vessels I always offered extra pay double the number of hours actually worked. You'd be amazed...

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June 12th, 2013, 08:24 AM

c.captain replied to a thread Captain/Mate - Confidential - New England, CT in gCaptain's Job Board

NO JET! We need to KILL HIM!

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June 12th, 2013, 04:11 AM

c.captain replied to a thread shit sticking to another GoM company in Maritime News

What tengineer said! HEYYYY...STEAMER!

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