Captain to the newly enlisted mate:
When you talk to me, take your hands out of your pockets.
…blank stare…
Captain: Yes, they are not going to fall off…
Stuttering mate: what’s going to fall?
Captain: your f…n’ balls!
Well, it is actually named the Pilot’s Chair
I told the Chief that I was getting married…
He replied the fucking isn’t going to be worth the fucking your gonna get… he had been divorced 4 times at that point and got divorced shortly after our conversation.
i use this phrase often. It was said to me by one of my first captains 19 years ago, and as a matter of fact I used it today in response to one of my deckhands who just couldn’t seem to find some air handler filters in our storage on the dock.
it’s a completely different and new world beneath your knees and above your head!
One of my favorite lines my Captain uses. We are pushing a tow towards a lock.
Captain “how much farther to the next pin to catch a line?”
Me “50 feet”
Captain “are we going forward or backwards?”
This happens all the time! Haha
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Heard recently from the wheelman while pushing a light 30,000bbl barge through the brazos locks with an ebb and 30-40kt N winds:
“Everybody wants to be a Captain until it’s time to do Captain sh*t”