The Advantages of Being a 100 Ton Captain

[Nicholson58]

Originally Posted by Cormorant

Hey Eric . . . just curious . . . you know, purely academic interest . . . Where does one buy this uniform?

Merchant Marine/US Navy : Lighthouse Uniform Company

Here is the easiest source we found. I bought the Captain her nifty cap and bars for Christmas. She gave me the swabbie hat. (I received my bars, cap and propellers for my birthday). You can see I understand my place in this heirarchy. Red Charlotte has this situation worked out as well I suspect. I read in some other post that a proper uniform is a speed ticket to clearing in in some places.

We have an Annapolis nephew grad and a West Pointer nephew grad who say they don't feel compelled to salute.

[deckofficer]

I just pulled my cover out of the closet and my brass is tarnished green. That would have gotten me demerits from an upperclassman that was young enough to be my son during my academy days. I did get demerits for a belt buckle that wasn't shiny enough.

[Red Charlotte]

Originally Posted by Nicholson58

Merchant Marine/US Navy : Lighthouse Uniform Company

Here is the easiest source we found. I bought the Captain her nifty cap and bars for Christmas. She gave me the swabbie hat. (I received my bars, cap and propellers for my birthday). You can see I understand my place in this heirarchy. Red Charlotte has this situation worked out as well I suspect. I read in some other post that a proper uniform is a speed ticket to clearing in in some places.

We have an Annapolis nephew grad and a West Pointer nephew grad who say they don't feel compelled to salute.

Okay, that bottom picture is PERFECT!!

[justwaiting]

OMG please tell me that the thread is not going to drift to ropes and knots, or wetsuits

[Capt Phil]

You got that right, Nicholson58... Checking in and out of Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica, I always had a shower, clean shirt and put on my cover and bars and usually went to the head of the line at Migration or the Port Captain office. The rest of the yachties sitting there in torn shorts and T shirt, 6 days growth and smelling like old cheese are probably still sitting there.
Foreign Port Officers are proud of their country and their station in life and expect to be respected. If you don't show a little deference to their position in your appearance, they can be difficult to deal with at times. Just common courtesy IMO. Capt Phil

[downunder]

Originally Posted by Capt Phil

You got that right, Nicholson58... Checking in and out of Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica, I always had a shower, clean shirt and put on my cover and bars and usually went to the head of the line at Migration or the Port Captain office. The rest of the yachties sitting there in torn shorts and T shirt, 6 days growth and smelling like old cheese are probably still sitting there.
Foreign Port Officers are proud of their country and their station in life and expect to be respected. If you don't show a little deference to their position in your appearance, they can be difficult to deal with at times. Just common courtesy IMO. Capt Phil

good point

[Bash]

Originally Posted by Capt Phil

The rest of the yachties sitting there in torn shorts and T shirt, 6 days growth and smelling like old cheese are probably still sitting there.

Hey now, there's been no call to go off like that and insult old cheese.

[Capt Phil]

+1, Bash... CP

[blueskyzjonesy]

OMG Bob, come bail me out....please!

[deckofficer]

Originally Posted by Sparky282

OMG Bob, come bail me out....please!

???, are you attracted to my crew?

[blueskyzjonesy]

Oh yea Bob, well, maybe only the ones posted on posts #40 & 44....are there more to pick from?????

[deckofficer]

Originally Posted by Sparky282

Oh yea Bob, well, maybe only the ones posted on posts #40 & 44....are there more to pick from?????

I aim to please....
















Don't let zeehag push you down getting to them.

And all these pictures from a vessel that bans all recording devices. If I was still employed, I wouldn't be after posting these pictures

[deckofficer]

I'll save the ugliest till now.

[blueskyzjonesy]

Oh Bob, A man after my heart.

btw Zeehag has a boat and may want to abscond with a few of your crew. I'd like to be Part of your crew. Ahem,,,,,no female crew--yet?

(the lady in the front row)

[deckofficer]

Originally Posted by blueskyzjonesy

Oh Bob, A man after my heart.

btw Zeehag has a boat and may want to abscond with a few of your crew. I'd like to be Part of your crew. Ahem,,,,,no female crew--yet?

(the lady in the front row)

On the drill ships (rigs) no, and I don't understand why. I've never met a woman in the maritime disciplines that couldn't do the job as well, if not better, than the men. When at CMA, a fellow midshipman became the first female Captain of the Corps, her name was Sadie, and except for some knuckle dragging Neanderthals, she had our total respect. I lost touch with her, and wonder what she is doing now.

Also, if the officers aboard the Exxon Valdez had listened to their female midshipman (from CMA) telling them the navigation lights were on the wrong side of the tanker, they wouldn't have fouled those pristine waters.