Episode 4 of “Messing About In Ships“, our joint-venture podcast with Sea-Fever, has been posted to iTunes. This week’s topics include;

A Mariner’s Perspective

Captain Kelly Sweeney, master mariner, monthly contributor to Professional Mariner magazine and author of From the Bridge: Authentic Modern Sea Stories; discusses the importance of new media tools like blogs and podcasts to the professional mariner.

Sea Stories

John – Report on Empress of the North grounding.

Peter – Discoverer News “Winged ships exempt from speed restrictions” submitted by wb6nah (Captain Richard Rodriguez)

Internet Ports of Call

Peter’s recommendation: The Bitter End blog – http://captrichardrodriguez.blogspot.com/

John’s recommendation: NowPublic – http://www.nowpublic.com/

This Week’s Music

The New Year by Love = Action (Jacoby Jennings) from the Podsafe Music Network

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Also be sure to check out our fellow maritime podcasters Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook and Raina Clark of Great Lakes Maritime Issues.

This week’s highlights include:

• the introduction of a new feature, “A Mariner’s Perspective” with Master Mariner Captain Kelly Sweeney, monthly contributor to Professional Mariner magazine and author of From the Bridge: Authentic Modern Sea Stories;
• roundtable discussion about education, training and career opportunities in the maritime field with guest Captain Bob Glover, director of education at Northeast Maritime Institute;
• our Internet Ports of Call;
• some holiday music from the Podsafe Music Network.

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For the show notes and links and to offer feedback, please visit the Messing About In Ships blog.