oldutot Posted March 3, 2010 Posted March 3, 2010 last week I was exchanging a pm with Jake. He wanted to exchange a sea story,I wanted to tell him my experiences aboard the Santa Marianna.I decided to surf online to get a picture of the ship, to go along with my story. So I googled the ship and found a sailor's blog,imo a lame story. I caught ship out of Seattle and made two 55 day trips aboard it. Port of calls Victoria, B.C., San Fran, L.A.,MEXICO, Balboa,Panama, Panama cannel, Cartagena and Santa Marta Columbia, Rio and Santos Brazil, Argentina, straits of Magellan, port in Chile and Peru.I was a deckhand on this ship, a passenger and freighter type. A ship like this I met every walk of life, from passenger to sailor. It was aexperience of sailing like no other. My duties on board besides sailing the ship were fire watches and security details.My experiences of security involved attempted murder, imprisonment of drug stupor sailors, dealing with stow aways and also was involve with burial at sea. Here's the link http://seastorieswit...race-lines.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 4, 2010 Posted March 4, 2010 last week I was exchanging a pm with Jake. He wanted to exchange a sea story,I wanted to tell him my experiences aboard the Santa Marianna.I decided to surf online to get a picture of the ship, to go along with my story. So I googled the ship and found a sailor's blog,imo a lame story. I caught ship out of Seattle and made two 55 day trips aboard it. Port of calls Victoria, B.C., San Fran, L.A.,MEXICO, Balboa,Panama, Panama cannel, Cartagena and Santa Marta Columbia, Rio and Santos Brazil, Argentina, straits of Magellan, port in Chile and Peru.I was a deckhand on this ship, a passenger and freighter type. A ship like this I met every walk of life, from passenger to sailor. It was aexperience of sailing like no other. My duties on board besides sailing the ship were fire watches and security details.My experiences of security involved attempted murder, imprisonment of drug stupor sailors, dealing with stow aways and also was involve with burial at sea. Here's the link http://seastorieswit...race-lines.html Hello Joe,Ah yes, life aboard a ship at sea is not for the faintest heart. Your experience as ship security force is a thankless job.Not to mentioned possible retributions from fellow crew members while you're asleep. Sir, I must commend you forsurviving all those ordeals: boring midnight watches, after awhile boring sunrise and sunsets and greasy pork chopsserved while navigating through extreme storm conditions. My experience on board various US Navy warships was80% boredom and 20% sheer terror. Thank God we both survived!Respectfully -- Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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