What Do You Do for a Living?

[S/V Blondie-Dog]

accountant... but don't tell anybody.

[Lagoon4us]

Originally Posted by Dreaming Yachtsman

1st career: 20 years on 5 nuclear subs [SEAWOLF (575), PUFFER, SCULPIN, DRUM, GURNARD] + a few years shore duty

2nd career: 15 years at Hanford Nuclear Reservation in WA State as ops manager then tech writer for Lessons Learned/Operating Experience

Now: Captain, dish washer, engineer, lookout, navigator, deck scrubber/buffer/waxer, rigger, dinghy coxwain, bottom cleaner, plumber, bilge boat cleaner, radioman, engine mechanic, scribe, . . . need I go on?

You did your apprenticeship and now you've found your trade, incredible training....Cheers

[Lagoon4us]

Originally Posted by mikereed100

Where can I get some of that tin paint? Does it come in yellow for negative?

Now there's a great idea LMAO ....Cheers

[Lagoon4us]

Yacht builder in round bilge ally and steel then graduated to AMSA accreditated shipbuilder then found you could actually earn a living and moved onto Construction Supervisor on chemical, oil and gas plants.
Now retired and going back to the sea.....Cheers all very interesting reading through, love LOBSTER!!!!!

[jeffknox]

Soon to be unemployed Clinical Specialist for a large medical device company. Crewing on a 51 ft Beneteau from Darwin to Thailand (thanks John) to get my feet wet (educationally) this Summer and then going small, simple and now Will cruise the Carib half the year and work the other half to pay the freight.

[deckofficer]

Originally Posted by bgallinger

Deckofficer...As a rule I avoid drilling rigs like the plague. Too many rules and regulations. Makes me crazy, so my ROV driving time is spent on boats or barges.

Don't blame you. How crazy can a marine setting be when 105 crew are trained from the git-go that the rig manager is the ultimate boss, EXCEPT during a marine emergency. Talk about a chain of command disconnect at a time when everyone needs to be on the same page, taking orders from one person. I was lucky and only needed to exercise my authority during drills, never during my short career having to deal with a real maritime emergency. Dodged a bullet there, but had occasional nightmares about it.

[medicrene]

I used to be in the military as a medic. Then I was a "Security Contractor." Now I work as a medical officer aboard a cruise ship. I work for three months then I am off duty for three months. Druing my time off work, my wife and I cruise.

The Witchdoctor.

[jeffknox]

I was a Corpsman...1982-88. Loved every minute of it.

[Dulcesuenos]

I train people in "Lubricants"

[sycpuppy]

I would eat more lobster but I'm allergic to shellfish, could eat it till a few years ago and was the cook in the family specializing in it but had a major reaction to it on my last B-day.

[Lagoon4us]

Originally Posted by sycpuppy

I would eat more lobster but I'm allergic to shellfish, could eat it till a few years ago and was the cook in the family specializing in it but had a major reaction to it on my last B-day.

Overdose of lobster!!! Damn!!!!!!!

Sounds like a ciguetera type of reaction?

[Mark1977]

Originally Posted by sycpuppy

I would eat more lobster but I'm allergic to shellfish, could eat it till a few years ago and was the cook in the family specializing in it but had a major reaction to it on my last B-day.

Your exempt then. Everyone else..... go get you some lobster

[anotherT34C]

Physicist. Wifey's an attourney.

Most folks we meet at anchor/mooring are doctor/lawyer/engineer/business owner types. Not multi millionaires, but upper middle class 'sorta rich' folks.

[s/v Beth]

Am I the only Anesthesiologist here???

[northwestsailor]

I am an associate broker for Jackson Hole Sotheby's International. If any of you readers want to buy some property here or nearby let me know and maybe I will get a bit closer to making a living. Since 2008 it has been tough.