Sea Cloud memories

**richard8000milesaway** · January 7th, 2010, 09:42 PM

Re: Animal Planet Whale Wars
hey, nice one trekleader, haven't heard of de-sailing since my sailing ship days on the Sea Cloud early 1990's; to wit:

Wealthy German Tourist: "Ach, Mr Officer, you are from Amerika, jah?"

me: "yes sir, New England."

Wealthy German Tourist: "Ach, Ve are sailingk now, yes? vich sails do we have set?"

Me: "yes, sir we are sailing. we have set the Mains'l, lower topsl's, upper tops'ls, t'gallents, and some headsails as well as the de-sail, which will help us work a bit to windward."

Wealthy German Tourist: "Ach! Very Goot! It is beautiful, jah?"

me: "yes, sir, it is quite a sight."

**trekleader** · January 7th, 2010, 10:41 PM

This Sea Cloud?

http://www.seacloud.com/en/the-ships/sea-cloud.html

Cool...

**richard8000milesaway** · January 7th, 2010, 10:56 PM

Ja! Ja! Das ist mine booten!
worked on her early to mid 90's in between regular $$ work in O&G for Chevron.
good fun.

**trekleader** · January 7th, 2010, 10:58 PM

I bet you have good stories about zee Germans fighting for those deck chairs...

**richard8000milesaway** · January 7th, 2010, 11:03 PM

omg. what good stories i have. dare not post.
was actually paid US$2500/month to sail around on that ship (Caribbean & Med). geeze.
my mind wanders...
claudia? sabine? inge? jaquelle? aysha?
where are they now...
dont waste all your youth chasing the good $$ shipping jobs. plenty of time for that later when you're my age (46).