When is a Captain not a Captain?

[raybobsky]

if the captain of the vessel is also the master of the vessel and his last name is bates, then he must be master bates.


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[crazyoldboatguy]

I'm sure no one saw that one coming.

[Capt Phil]

Good point, Phil! Cheers, Phil

[Panope]

So I called up the Captain,
"Please bring me my wine"
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"

Great! Because of this thread I finally figured out who he was talking about.

Swab Steve

[markpierce]

If someone introduced his self as something like "Captain Bill," I'd be inclined to respond as "Captain Pierce."

[markpierce]

.. or "I'm the master of Carquinez Coot."

[rgscpat]

And the deckhand who is good at putting bait on your hook is the master...

[Razoo]

Look at all the fuss about when you're a captain or not. Play nice children. You only live once so go at it head first, foot to the floor, hair straight back.

[captain58sailin]

Yeah what ever. For years I was an apprentice baiter on a commercial fishing boat, I worked and studied hard for years and years, and finally got my master's license.

[captainwd40]

With all this rhetoric …….. Everyone seems to have forgotten about Captain Ron ……… What a great movie! Especially at the end when he French kisses the first mates wife!

HAAARRRRR!

[sailorboy1]

zoooooooom 4 years 11 months and the dead come alive :-)

[captainwd40]

Sailorboy 1 ……… Please explain what that means. Is it good or bad?

Thank you.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by captainwd40

Sailorboy 1 ……… Please explain what that means. Is it good or bad?

Thank you.

Until you posted, the thread had been dead since 1914.

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by StuM

Until you posted, the thread had been dead since 1914.

wow! A pre WWI thread! Historians will be interested...

Jim

[StuM]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

wow! A pre WWI thread! Historians will be interested...

Jim

Doh! 2014