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RIP to previous thread, it lasted a whole year

>>2065222
actually an urbanist twitter spammer killed it 4 hours short of a year

>>2065223
Sad!

Any military veterans here went to a maritime academy? What maritime academy did you attend and how was your experience there as a vet?

>>2065261
Not a vet but I go to SUNY and am good buddies with a few of them. I don't mind asking them any specific questions you might have and relaying it back.
You can apply to be something called a day student as a vet and be subject to less of the regimental bullshit and leave campus whenever you want to. The reg tried to pull some bullshit recently where they changed the qualifying criteria from 4 years active duty to 5 years which would have essentially disqualified every vet student, but they backed off on it. The week of indoc as a "boot camp" is a complete fucking joke, you'll have a harder time trying not to laugh in the face of the retarded 20 year old on a power trip screaming at you.

>>2065267
Thanks. Could you ask them how vet friendly SUNY is? Did the GI Bill pay 100% of their tuition or did they still had to pay for some classes out of pocket?

Currently trying to weigh my options and pick a maritime academy for deck.

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>>2065267
>The week of indoc as a "boot camp" is a complete fucking joke, you'll have a harder time trying not to laugh in the face of the retarded 20 year old on a power trip screaming at you.

I had to look this up. What the fuck is this place? Is this where stolen valor forma del Navy SEAL people go once they get enough tickets piled up and figure they should actually try going to sea? You have to wear a fucking 80s muhreen uniform to do some casual surveying? What is going on here

Here in canuckistan we've got "maritime colleges" too, but they're just normal ass community college tier engineering or administration courses but ocean-themed. Literally just "Electro/Mech tech but you learn about sewage dumping laws"

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>>2065327
>>2065267
>>2065261
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlFEbGHnMIQ
im fucking dying
i wonder what the rate is for grads appearing in hyper cringe bodycam videos getting arrested whilst standing at "parade rest"

>>2065327
All maritime academies require you to join a regiment if you're there for the license, some take the larping more seriously than others. Great Lakes is probably the most chill out of all the schools. They got a new commandant at SUNY so they've been cracking down like yelling at you if you're wearing a hat indoors.

How's the food?

>>2065325
heh
I was on that blue boat
>>2065431
depends on a lot, including your luck
I think I had decent luck, cause it was never really bad on the ships I was on
you can really tell when they've gone past the date where they should have resupplied though...

Hello, first time posting here. I've revently aquired my MMC. I've got a TWIC card and my passport is coming soon. I want to travel the globe as a deckhand. I already have 7 months previous experience as a deckhand. I wanna work on a ship that goes across the ocean. Does anyone know of a company that's hiring?

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Should I go back to the navy? I got at least my gunmetal SSI, so I'm not a real Sea Man. Should I remuster to weapons enginering or somethingor become a real big boy comms tech or some shit? This is obviously the only thing I can do and feel even vaguely competent towards. Even the stuff I was on boats for is not especially useful; I was in comms. I did some line-handling and force protection as required but what the hell do I do now

>>2065611
No, but Maersk has some US-flagged ships doing long haul.
Worth a shot, I guess, but I imagine the competition is insane considering what US seafarers make... I don't even know what the deal with those are cause they just can't be even remotely competitive. Are they just hauling weapons for the government?

>>2065611
You also need a bunch of STCW certs to sail international. There are previous few commerical US flagged deep sea ships. The vast majority of american mariners who do deep sea sail with Military Sealift Command. USN auxiliar ships basically. The hiring process is glacial and opaque, but eventually you'll get all your training for free and all you pay is your sanity from an 18 month contract and spending your time with darkies from jacksonville who make up 99% of MSC unlicensed crew.

>>2065325
Sometimes Euro-flagged vessels have EU-only crew, wish it was more common, but on the other hand, I worked with Filipinos and they're okay. Thank God I haven't met any indian met, literally every guy I talked to has negative opinion about them.

>>2065549
Oh, that's neat. In my case it was similar, no spoiled nor shortage of food. But it's different with cooks and you can easily tell when they were lazy.

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Is it possible to turn my tard ranching security certs into a job on one of those cruise ships that fart around Alaska or the Caribbean? Got laid off from a different job and I'm working out my options.
A bunk and a paycheck with a good chunk of time off outside of cruise season seems like it might be a fun deal, since I save like a jew.

>>2066472
security as in like you worked as a mall cop or security as in you are a >>>/g/twg/ reject

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>>2066074
>Military Sealift Command. USN auxiliar ships basically
*bonk*

>>2066479
Neither, a psych ward. Tard rancher in the most literal sense. Dealing with niggers for Carnival would be a step up.

>>2066526
i believe most of these companies just contract it out to Garda or whatever so your best bet is probably joining one of those companies and then badgering your manager/hr people to put you specifically in a maritime environment

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>brown cook makes better food than my mom
I really lover her but man, it feels like I'm dining at the really nice restaurant every day

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Is there any information on whether the unlimited able seaman sea service requirements will be ratified? I only have AB-special and ZERO deepwater seatime. It was 1080 days before, and it's 540 until the end of this year 2026.

>>2066471
>Sometimes Euro-flagged vessels have EU-only crew
Yes, but then they will be third world yuropoors.
>I worked with Filipinos and they're okay
Flips are mostly cool. I guess not all of them can handle the long contracts they're on (and the shitty people they sometimes have to deal with), which is understandable.
>Thank God I haven't met any indian met, literally every guy I talked to has negative opinion about them.
Rightfully so. The more they care about their retarded caste system and religion, the more awful they are, it seems. Met two decent guys, and one of them was tamil and disliked the other Indians (hindus)...

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what hobbies you guys have onboard?
>used to play video game but got tired/bored
>start learning excel but went home didn't practice anymore, forgot 80% of what i've learned
>bought camera and lenses last summer and started learning how to take photos, started posting on /p/

some anon posted in previous threads that he paints wh40k minis
anything else than listening to music and watching movies? i can;t stand watching movies alone so i almost never watch onboard

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>>2066772
>learning excel
lmao, that sounds like a higher level of boredom

In my case, I started learning how to draw. Nothing serious, just downloaded one book and do what the author says and also copy some nice pictures I find on the internet. At least I spend time more actively.
Aside from that, I also watch anime and read books.

>bought camera and lenses last summer and started learning how to take photos, started posting on /p/.
Nice photo. I was thinking about doing that too, because I really like sightseeing. Will probably buy some used camera for ~200 euros to learn basics and see if I even like it.

Is it just me or this general used to be more alive a year or two ago?

>>2066964
The site as a whole is dying

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>>2066964
there are like 40 or 50 people worldwide who speak english and work on cargo ships

i could try to talk shit about navy stuff but i dont think this is the thread for that and havent sailed actively in several years anyway

>>2066964
I m still here after a lot of years i just post less
> nothing interesting to post
> hirosima nuked the site with his fucking capthcas
> 90 sec, 300 sec waiting times to make a fucking post
> changing captchas frequently, clover, blue clover didn t keep up with it. Now some based annon piked up blue clover and made it work and also added a feature i requested
>getting alder and grumpier

I wish I could also post more without the retarded human check , too.

>>2067656
Beautiful.
I'm wondering why his life jacket says 3E though.

I commented here a while back about getting into the field, but I was dumb and didn't quite understand what I was doing. Still dumb, but I used Deepseek to put together the credentials I need for working as a deckhand, and so far I've acquired my TWIC. My goal atm is to work on the great lakes, on any kind of ship desu. I just want the experience and to get started, but it looks like everyone wants an MMC, so I'm wondering how the fuck do I start off? I've been thinking about the SIU, but I contacted them and the waitlist to enroll is 1 year, and another year to get through the program. I don't really intend on fucking off to Maryland to attend some academy, I'd rather just work my way through things and get experience. I'm based out of Michigan, metro-Detroit, but I'm willing to go all over the state for work. Just don't want to leave my home state, we've got plenty of ports and the rest of the country doesn't leave me very impressed. Shit sucks here, but it's still far more affordable than the nightmare rents everywhere else.

Been thinking I'd go this route if the Navy doesn't work out.

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>>2066772
I should get back into photography on board. Left my old Canon back home for the last three contracts.
I also don't like watching movies alone but series I can do easily. Besides that it's the gym, books and a niche card game I like to play, provided there are others who like to play or are willing to learn.

>>2067792 The merchant navy is an entirely different field, though. Anyone who made the switch found it difficult to get accustomed.

>>2067890
>obvious fact is obvious
No shit, faggot retard. That's why I said IF THE NAVY DOESN'T WORK OUT.

Dumbfucks are everywhere these sites. This site needs to die already.

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Got my orals for my OOW unlimited ticket on Friday. Looking forward to stepping up from being a slimy little cadet. Looking forward to getting real money and going back to sea.

What are people's thoughts for further career advancement? Obviously, chief mate then masters tickets, but aside from that? Was wondering if a naval architecture degree might be an aid if I wanted to go shoreside into surveying.

Also post your most beautiful seapics.

Any /n/ig/n/ogs impacted by that whole Iran business? Anyone had to be evactued from the Persian gulf?

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Are you enjoying the show?

https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/breaking-panicking-donald-trump-waives-1745776?1=

This industry was essentially my last shot and I guess I can't have shit. Probably time to fuck off to Mongolia or somewhere else that isn't going to be overflowing.

>>2068133
Why the last shot?

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>>2067959
No. and i hope all arab gulf countries, especially saudi aramco gets glassed

>>2067802
You could get some nice astro milky way photos with a wide fast lens
You are on a vlcc, so not too much rolling in good weather, especially if fully loaded

>>2065222
Sad

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>>2067802
>>2068279
Something like this.
But i m on a small vessel 3600grt so even in calm weather still rolling enough to get photos turn out bad

1 more coz why not
Accommodation is forward. So i always get this back facing lights ruing my photos even if dimmed or turned off. The flood light for ex were off and that is some residual light. They don t turn of completely so long exposure. 4s for these photos is enough to make them look like on.
But on a vlcc from fwd you could get some nice composition with the milky way and the accommodation especially if you sail souther hemisphere . Depending on your rank or how normal headed are the officers you could ask them to alter course for a couple of minutes so you can get a nice composition

>>2068284
Based fellow PSV anon.

Passed my orals today lads, finally a full OOW. Already got a job lined up too.

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>>2068304
Congrats

>>2068284
Didn't read your poast but the pic looks like a skull

>>2068320
Lel. Can't unsee it now

>>2068284
>>2068286
Why is the bridge so bright and lit with white light? Do they not need to look outside?
>>2068306
Very cool shot.

Hello, I've just received my medical certificate to complete my documents for work as an OS. I thought that would've been the hardest part of the journey into the maritime industry, but now I'm finding out that landing that first OS job on any boat period is nigh impossible. I saw a video a couple of days ago saying as much, and that you should expect to be out of a job for close to a year or even more before you can land your first position. Is this true?

I didn't go to any academies and I don't have the money for SIU. I went to Sea School for my STCW and VPDSD. I can't get so much as a "fuck you" letter from anywhere I've applied to.

Are there any sure shot companies out there besides ACL (I've already done my 28 week contract as a deckhand and they don't seem to want to hire me as a senior for whatever reason). I'm in desperate need of work and I don't wanna go back to typical wagecuck bullshit.

>>2067766
I went to Sea School in Charlestown South Carolina. Spent the week sleeping in my car around the city. It's a few classes, paper tests, you train on a CPR dummy, do some exercises and maneuvers in a pool, and get dressed up in fire fighter gear before going into a training house to practice maneuvering in a smoky environment. It was over 100F when I went, and the suits made it even hotter.

Just look up the Sea School website and see when and where they're hosting courses. Also try to pick up your VPDSD while you're there so you can work internationally. I got lucky that they were doing it the day after the STCW shit ended and that there were JUST enough people to keep the course from being canceled.

>>2067802
Brother, can you hook a new OS up with a job? I can send you my details if you're up for it.

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>>2068358
Is not
Due to 4s shutter speed.
It took 4 sec to take this foto. All lights are amplified.
The only light on the bridge facing aft were 2 monitors on night mode.
Pic related is a 10s pic i took in malta
I was in almost pitch black darkness. I had to use the flashlight to see where i m going. But with 10 sec pic it looks like daylight

>>2068360
You don't do actual firefighting? I had three days at firefighting school before I went out as a cadet, and five days before I went out as an officer (the same three day course and another two days on top). Firefighting on a mock-up ship with actual fire, silly obstacle course with pipes and narrow passageways you had to crawl through, rescue exercise on a mock-up ship filled with smoke. They had us in a shipping container in full gear where they lit a huge burner to demonstrate how hot things get - like an extreme sauna.
>>2068363
Idk man. I do know how cameras work. It still seems too bright.

>>2068373
You don't spray the fire down, but they teach you about flashover, how to do a search, not to go more than a few feet into a room, how to put on the gear, activate the respirator, how to use a hose and the different spray patterns. We did the fire in a shipping container thing, so hot it stopped feeling hot.

Also, would you be able to hook me up with a job? I'm a very dependable sailor with previous experience with American Cruise Lines. I served on the Mississippi, in Chesapeake Bay, Cape Cod, and on the Hudson. Please, I'll take anything. I'll even give you a cut of my wages.

>>2068374
>You don't spray the fire down
Sounds like they cheaped out on the training. This was supposed to be an STCW course, yeah?
>Also, would you be able to hook me up with a job?
I don't think so. I'm not even in the game anymore. Apply to every company that has US-flagged ships, I guess, but I'm not American, so I don't know how you guys do things. >>2065642

>>2068387
Well, searching up "US flagged ship OS opening" DID lead me to one potential position I hadn't seen, so I thank you for that at least. Though, I'm not sure if they'll be hiring an American from Bumfuck, North Carolina. All the potential cities and airports were some names I couldn't pronounce, so I had to click "other". The application was in English though.

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>>2068359
First contracts are always the hardest to get, try mailing your CV to any crewing agencies (Vships, Trident Maritime, OSM Thome) and also crewing matchmaking websites (MaritimeZone, Yotspot if you are into yatching) (be aware of who you send your data and keep an eye on potential scamers, this is getting out of hand D:).
And if you made contacts, use them!! Its always worth the try.

How much it will take to get a contract and how long it will be will depend mainly on your CITIZENSHIP (sad but true), and after that rank, flag of the ship and employer... The filipinos on my ship usually do up to 8 months OB without taking into account their experience. Other nationalities (moroccans, hondurans, eu-citizens, ukranians) normally do between 2 to 4 months.

>>2065617
Kill yourself furnigger.

>31 Year old Brit with nothing going for him
Be brutally honest /n/, how is the market looking for UK engineering officers? I've been looking at it for a while, but circumstances meant I couldn't until this year. The idea of going through those 3 years only to result in fuck-all jobs is the only thing giving me pause

>2nd Mate going back to MSC from AMO because there were no jobs on the board and I was tired of sailing 3rd (no advancement on my tanker)
>in a bunch of MSC training classes and meet the MARAD AMO guys
>turns out all the fun AMO jobs are strictly off-board and depends on who you know
>seething that I couldn’t get on a T-AGOS and do something cool, cause these MARAD guys are telling me “oh yeah we actually do have 2/m and 3/m
jobs but we just don’t put them on the board loool
>already got my big bonus and signed for 3 years with MSC so I just have to sit here and take it as we go to war with Iran
>thinking I got fucked
>then I start hearing that the AMO board has gotten worse and it’s over half a year for a job
>and an AMO ship in the TSP was chased by Iran and then got a fire on their ship because their dry dock in the Middle East was getting raped, ended up evacuating
>Jones Act is being waived for 2 months is probably a test run for a more permanent fucking-over of the industry
>AMO just lost the T-AGOS contract and never got some other contracts it swore it would get, and just keeps going downhill
Maybe this was all for the best

>>2069857
It feels like all of the unions are losing out on shit. Either they got too greedy or the union officials are shitheads and often times it's both. But somehow the people who actually have to work, always get fucked. SIU bet hard on filling the union with the immigrants who'll work for pennies and don't care about the politics of the union, as well as hood trash from Jacksonville who might care alittle more but will keep their heads down. (I'm more suprised the Jax hiring hall can find someone who can actually pass a drug test)
I'm in a similar position the SIU job board is incredibly slim pickings right now, and i need stable work, i know that this industry isn't "Stable" like a 9-5,but i dont want to deal with union politics, their exhausting. The only real downside with MSC is how long it takes to get hired. I have my AB ticket, and i put in an application but with how bureaucratic and vague the hiring process is, it's a miracle that anyone can get hired.

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>>2066772
I bought a fujifilm xpro2 a few months ago and have been loving having it around the boat, I used to bring my DSLR with me to work but the thing was massive and too much of a pain in the ass to try and fly with, the Fuji fits right in my backpack

>>2066964
I still lurk, but haven’t had much to post or bitch about lately since I’ve moved companies like twice in the past five months

>>2070173
Ugh, don't say this. I bet my life on joining the Merchant Marine. I ate up all the "My life as a mariner on X route" and got on with American Cruise Lines. Did my contract, got out, got my OS and everything, and now I find out that it's impossible to get a job. I'm out of money and ACL just shelved me for senior deckhand when from what I saw, nobody really likes working there. I had 1 senior just walk off in bumfuck nowhere New York. WHERE ARE THE JOBS???

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5847263-trump-jones-act-fuel-prices-iran-war/
Is it over?

>>2071867
>“New data compiled since the initial waiver was issued revealed that significantly more supply was able to reach U.S. ports faster,” White House assistant press secretary Taylor Rogers said in a post on social platform X.

Yep it's Joewari da

>>2069296
Royal fleet auxiliary is hiring cadet eng officers right now.
As long as you're not braindead retarded or mute, you'll be a shoo-in.

How do you guys handle sea sickness? Is it true it goes away after some time, and if so can you get fully rid of it or does it comes back at the start of the next hitch / in bad or very bad sea?

>>2072214
Everyone experiences it to varying degrees and from what I experience and I'm aware you can't get rid of it, comes back at the next hitch. Me personally I can handle heavy rolling easy but pitching can get me sick and vomiting. Eventually it gets better after a day or two and you do just get used to it.

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i'm a fat fucking chud pushing 30 and all I got to show is this this career which I am good at but lately been fatigued and tired of this shit too

Anybody here currently working for or have worked for NOAA? Looks like I have a pretty good shot at getting in now, talking to the recruiter tomorrow, but I wanna know some details actual vessel side, not just what office-side sells me.

>>2073021
You might want to check up on that recruiter, NOAA isn't a thing anymore, too many woke scientists who don't even understand the bible

>>2071846
Social media becoming saturated with people letting the secret out has resulted in the industry being flooded by absolute retard entry level applicants. Entry level has always been cutthroat to get hired, its way worse now than ever. You need to have AB or QMED to open up your job options.

Licensed officers have lots of job options but theres literally less than 100 unlimited tonnage American flagged ships, so the majority of people work limited tonnage.

>>2066964
The Captcha and wait time make it super annoying to post. I pretty much always time out due to connection errors if i try to do it while at sea.

>>2073055
What the fuck does this even mean

how the fuck do people do >6 month trips?
i was borderline suicidal doing 4 months.

>>2074372
By having nothing or no one to go home to.

>>2074372 If you can't handle it, you can try to move to another ship type. Or find a company which rotates people within weeks. It was comfortably doable back when the crew was more and the workload less. Now 4 months for an officer equals to 8 months in reality.

>>2074372
Motivation, 3rdies support their whole family including the extended families.
Some just need the money to buy a house or car, some are simply greedy and masturbate to some digital numbers without caring if they actually will have the opportunity to spend them, or what
>>2074380 said
I did my first contract as a cadet 20y ago with no internet, laptop or mobile with me, and doing 14 hr a day deck work coz the captain wanted some fucking medal and i was just an extra slave paid pennies. But i needed those months to get my oow license and also was kind of the norm back then for cadets and ratings tto do min 6 months shifts.
Since then i did a 5.5 months hitch as a c mate but the vessel had weekly ar bi weekly calls in my home city and was running home to fuck my gf and see my family and buddies so was manageable.
Except that 3.5 months was my max and only of the shift is easy job without any bs going on or i need to arrange that i get summer and winter holidays at home

>>2074380
I picked the wrong career. I should have been a mariner

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>>2065221
So if I get a yacht to live on, what are the challenges of doing so with a specialized twin keel boat?

Can I just live on U.S. costal waterways for like 10 months with a cruising permit and a vessel registered with a different country to avoid paying tariffs? If doing is the case, what country on the way from the UK boat yard to the Bahamas and Keys would be best for registering a vessel after getting the builder certificate and stuff?

Would I be getting myself into too much trouble sailing single handed on blue water, knowing things could go very wrong?

What tools would a person bring aboard to make fixing the boat easier?

>>2065221
Fisher 37 or Cromarty 36 for liveaboard blue ocean (maybe tans ocean) sailing.

>>2074677
I would be fancier and get the Cromarty, but my sights are on a Moody S31, Cause I don't mind the idea of a months long voyages if I have radio, electricity, desalination unit, and fish. I'd just read and listen to music under diesel power at night with my mast reefed up. Collect water in jugs from the sink for emergency (in case something breaks down).

We should both get sail boat liveaboards and have a race.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=get_Ln4bt40

Anybody here work in salvage dredging? Trynna break in to that particular maritime market...

>>2074680
That's a sweet boat, anon.
>race
I'm not betting anything on the cromarty kek

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>shipyard time