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« on: May 10, 2015, 10:02:14 AM »
Seems to me that standards of seamanship..have been slipping for at least the past three decades..once national flag carriers such as Australia ,Norway,Britain and many more first world countries had well paid ,and fully trained seaman..I myself went through 6 years of training to be an A.B..fully competant in everything from splicing wire rope to being mud pilot at a moments notice..the rot set in when financial arguements outweighed common sense and flagging out was the in-thing..to the dismay and loss of lively hoods for many fine sailors..and not only "down below'..the amount of RAC,s(Radar Assisted Collisions) by unqualified Third mates and Masters is yet another nail in the coffin of the professional Seaman..(a steady light you see in front-full ahead and ram the ....)