Lack of Seamen
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I catch an American ABS' YT channel every now and then. Guy started out at the bottom and worked his way up, sailing on just about every type of cargo ship. Pay is decent and it stacks up, since there is little to spend it on while working, except for a few personal items at the ship's store. Food ranges from ok to pretty good.
But it can be a lonely life at sea. And sometimes accidents do happen, without medical services immediately available. Another negative aspect is that you'd think a sailor would have some fun visiting foreign ports...The truth is that it costs money to run ships and if it's sitting, it's not making money. Ships are loaded, unloaded and reloaded as fast as possible, with the crew often busy in the process. A sailor may catch a few hours on shore and it's back onto the ship.
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A friend's son works as an engineer on merchant ships. He seems to be having a pretty good time, and is certainly making a nice nest-egg for when he decides to settle down. There's a lot of travel, and it's hard work, but fantastic work experience for later in life. My friend sent him to one of the marine academies here in MA as he was a bit of a rabble rouser at high school, and it really seems to have paid dividends.
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I catch an American ABS' YT channel every now and then. Guy started out at the bottom and worked his way up, sailing on just about every type of cargo ship. Pay is decent and it stacks up, since there is little to spend it on while working, except for a few personal items at the ship's store. Food ranges from ok to pretty good.
But it can be a lonely life at sea. And sometimes accidents do happen, without medical services immediately available. Another negative aspect is that you'd think a sailor would have some fun visiting foreign ports...The truth is that it costs money to run ships and if it's sitting, it's not making money. Ships are loaded, unloaded and reloaded as fast as possible, with the crew often busy in the process. A sailor may catch a few hours on shore and it's back onto the ship.
@Jolly said in Lack of Seamen:
But it can be a lonely life at sea.
I think this is a problem. Gone for months at a time. Hard to have a "normal" life
