# First Run is done

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-run-is-done/752>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [December 22, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-run-is-done/752 "2008-12-22T03:59:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BluewaterQMED](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@BluewaterQMED](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/BluewaterQMED)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-run-is-done/752/1 "2008-12-22T03:59:35Z")

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Hi everyone,

Dave here, just got done with my first hitch. Got on a small OSV here in the GOM. Decent pay too, 260/day. What a trip! Captain began every response with " Well…let’s see…" C/E had only 2 ways to talk, first was with a mouth full of ball bearings, then when I’d say " What?" He’d scream the same thing!! Too much time in closed compartments. I had NO IDEA I was just going to be a caretaker. I didn’t get to fix, maintain, or adjust a thing! I’m used to a six hour watch in the plant, not a tour every 30 mins, and watcthing TV the rest of the time. Going back right after the first of the year.

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**Author:** ![TheGreenHorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@TheGreenHorn](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/TheGreenHorn)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 7:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-run-is-done/752/2 "2008-12-22T07:32:53Z")

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Congradulations!!!  
I have been giving allot of thought into shipping out.  
What was the hardest part of the job?  
What was the nicest surprize?  
Any photos?

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**Author:** ![BluewaterQMED](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@BluewaterQMED](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/BluewaterQMED)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-run-is-done/752/3 "2008-12-22T08:55:27Z")

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TGH,

Sorry, no pics, wasn’t sure how that would roll on the first hitch.

Go ahead and sail. it’s a great deal.

The nicest surprise was being accepted as soon as I got there. The basic attitude was very relaxed. Professional as hell, but not all anal about it.

The hardest part of the job was not “over-doing it”. I was USN for 8 years, then sailed MSC for a few more, and it’s a different mentality over there. Not worse, not better, just different.

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**Author:** ![water](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/water/32/131_2.png) [@water](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/water)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-run-is-done/752/4 "2008-12-22T10:52:35Z")

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Bluewater -

Congratulations on completing your first hitch. Hope is it the first of many. I rotate out tomorrow, after completing my second.

TGH -

I shipped out well into the second half of my working years, and I’m not looking back.