well thank you for the advice here so if I WANT TO WORK ON ONE THESE UTILITY BOATS HOW MUCH IS THE PAY AND WHICH COMPANY IS HIRING I’M AN OLD CHAMP CLIMBING UP THE LADDER AGAIN ! lot of experience but rather keep it between and my self so i wudnot offend a cpa’n[QUOTE=AB Murph;58123]Using phone so forgive mistyped words.
Started out with no experience in field. Jemplayer pretty much sums your work on the utility boats. There are only 4 of you on board most of the time. 2 cap’n and 2 deck hands (1 main job eng room the other deck.)
It may sound like a lot of work for one guy but it really isn’t. Remember you are the one leaving stuff laying around on deck. Cap’n is in the wheel house and the other guy is in bed. I started out on a 135’ utility boat and was able to do the daily cleaning in about 35 minutes. Moved up to 160’ boat and it took about 2 hours daily cleaning.
Far as weekly cleaning do 1 thing a day, ie scrub showers mon, wipe walls ties, wipe ceilings we’d. ( get the idea )…
You will burn out trying to do all the weekly cleaning in one or two day and start to dread it, little at a time and it will seem just like daily cleaning.
Now I am on a 280’ and have extra ab’s to help and only clean one level but still do the same. I personally do do believe in a crew change clean up. The boat should always be in a crew change condition.
The other deckhand is gonna have to get up and help you on certain evolutions. YOU are also gonna have to stay up on your offtime and learn from them and this includes getting your butt up when an evolution goes done that you don’t know how to do. Keep a good attitude during the training phase. If you bitch and moan about having to get up on your oddtime to learn you most likely will not have a job long. Ask yourself, why does the other deckhand have to get up when you are on watch to teach you? Should be the other way around.
Just some little inside tips. Small crews have to work harder together then bigger crews.
Ask your cap’n about rinsing the boat down. Freash water is a boats AND yours. Keep the salt off of it much as possible and less rust you will have to contend with. My old company was rinse wheelhouse everyday. It sure made it easy on upkeep.
Now what to bring:
a kindle or books
Laptop
Your directv rcvr if you have one ( lot of boat comp. Don’t pay for prem. Channels or sports packages) I would bring this the 2 nd trip though. See what they have on board plus ask the cap’n. Don’t want to look like you are there to watch tv.
If you like healthy cereal bring the kind you like ( lot of kid cereal in the fleet)
Knee high boots for washing boat. You don’t want to get your workbooks wet and have to work in them.
Figs and dip if you do these. ( people hate bums )
Probably some more but that is all I can think of now beside your normal work cloths, toiletry items and such
Remember attitude.
A book on knots to practice
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