Coastal sounds like it’d be a good job for someone that doesn’t mind working. I put in some long hours up there, didn’t make much money but I learned a lot.
Some years ago, in Ballard, I had a cup of coffee with the C/M from one of Coastal’s ship. He had just gotten back from a trip and I was just getting ready to leave. He told me that on his trip the anchor windlass had failed with the anchor down and described to me how he’d recovered the anchor and chain using the cargo gear.
On my next trip, anchoring in Sand Point, we tweaked our anchor windlass and we couldn’t heave in the anchor. The captain wanted to buoy the chain off and cut it but I told him I could get the anchor and chain back and properly stowed without having to cut it. I told him the plan but I made it sound like it was my idea. The captain called the office and told them of our plan recover the anchor and chain but made it sound like it was his idea.
Anyway, we got the chain and anchor back without too much problem and got the windlass fixed the next time in Seattle. Last I checked that C/M was still working at Coastal, no longer C/M of course, don’t know if he still is.
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