How bad would it suck to sit on the Dali out in the waters of Baltimore this long.
- Thread starter Jimmy McGill
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Seem like a decent job right now! Not much navigating, at anchor. Not assisting with bridge removal. Get paid to sit there.
Bring the hookers over by water taxi!
Pray for Mojo
What do you expect Marge? His cholesterol is through the roof!
Let's strike up the world's smallest violin for them while everybody has that same view of the city while sitting in traffic an extra hour+ each morning and afternoon due to taking that ship out of port
Nope, I’m not hanging out there. I hear that people be catching all types crabs in that area. Them mugs ain’t settling up shop on my bag.
Meh. Crime scene, and there are immigration and flight risk concerns. My wife has a cousin that’s an engineer in a big merchant ship and he told me he rarely gets off the ship except the US, and select countries. Most times it isn’t worth the hassle.
As long as they are being provisioned, the AC and toilets work they’ll be fine.
Kind of what I was thinking. I watched some YouTube videos a few months back that a career deckhand posts. One entire video was about what happens when a ship is stuck at anchor long term. If you're a single person that makes a living doing that kind of work it's a pretty sweet deal.
Those ships aren't bunk houses. The crew and bridge section is literally a six story building. Complete with a commercial kitchen and recreation areas. The living quarters are basically like a smaller one bedroom hotel room.
I got to know the Mississippi Queen riverboat crew when they were stuck in town once. The river got too high for them to clear the bridges and they cancelled the cruise and sent the passengers home and moored the ship until they could head back south for the next one. They sent most of the crew home as well so it was just a skeleton crew lof the senior staff. It was a little different for them as they were attached to land so they could come and go and came down to the bar I worked at. Believe me they had no complaints about the situation...
This is what the cousin said. The food is top notch. They’ve got great recreation facilities including access to all kinds of stuff via satellite. And, with the pay and time off (Plus no kids), he’ll retire pretty early.
