My experiance with Yacht captains working on commercial vessels thread.

[expeditiously]

As a follow up to the previous mega yacht captain thread, Here is my first hand assessment. I recently had the opportunity to work with the gentlemen mentioned in the other thread. Upon first impressing he is very well spoken and appears to be somewhat competent, intelligent, and knowledgeable. About a week into my hitch it was obvious this guy had no idea what he was doing, IE how to handle a vessel, unwillingness to listen to senior officer that was trying to train him.As an observer i would think a training captain would revue manuals, and vessel specific documents instead of surfing the web, and playing on facebook all watch. All he did was brag about his abilities, education, and background, but when placed in a working enviroment he was clueless. So far to my knowledge he has been ran off of every vessel he has "worked" on. Apparently they continue to give him more chance. Why is it with all of the experienced oil field captains available company's still continue to hire people that have no experience, or knowledge of this industry. Obviously this guy acquired his sea time by mixing martinis and being some rich guys bitch.

[Capt. Fran]

As a follow up to the previous mega yacht captain thread, Here is my first hand assessment. I recently had the opportunity to work with the gentlemen mentioned in the other thread

Expeditious Dude,
We've all had bad shipmates, and certainly it isn't inappropriate to complain about that here (see this thread for my very own yacht captain rant), but a little more subtlety when trashing someone by name is in order. I get it that you were doing a "follow-up", but again, a little judgement and professionalism.
Fran

[fourdegreesc]

I just fired a guy who was just like that. Doesn't listen, knows everything, terrific skills, yeah right. As soon as anyone shows up talking up his skills I know instantly to watch carefully. It's never true.

I don't think it's bad to comment on people's abilities. It's a necessary part of what we do. It matters. It's incredibly important. I don't care who gets their feelings hurt

I have an AB studying for his license downstairs right now. He'll get it. If anyone needs a mate he'll be ready in a few months. I'll donate him. He's great, just ask him.

-dennis

[cmakin]

As a follow up to the previous mega yacht captain thread, Here is my first hand assessment. I recently had the opportunity to work with the gentlemen mentioned in the other thread. Upon first impressing he is very well spoken and appears to be somewhat competent, intelligent, and knowledgeable. About a week into my hitch it was obvious this guy had no idea what he was doing, IE how to handle a vessel, unwillingness to listen to senior officer that was trying to train him.As an observer i would think a training captain would revue manuals, and vessel specific documents instead of surfing the web, and playing on facebook all watch. All he did was brag about his abilities, education, and background, but when placed in a working enviroment he was clueless. So far to my knowledge he has been ran off of every vessel he has "worked" on. Apparently they continue to give him more chance. Why is it with all of the experienced oil field captains available company's still continue to hire people that have no experience, or knowledge of this industry. Obviously this guy acquired his sea time by mixing martinis and being some rich guys bitch.

When slamming someone, it would help to have a moderate grasp of the English language. Thanks for the unbiased report.