Perfect. As I recall my cadet days (40+ years ago), I did get ashore in most ports, with pretty good freedom. Some engineers even gave me a bit of jingle for my time ashore, too. A bit more responsibility when I was sailing as a junior engineer, so not quite as much time ashore, but some flexibility. Once I started sailing as Chief, not quite as much, but a lot of that depended on how good my junior engineers were and how much I trusted them. . . .
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