[B]Re: Animal Planet Whale Wars[/B]
hey, nice one trekleader, haven’t heard of[B][I] de-sailing[/I][/B] since my sailing ship days on the Sea Cloud early 1990’s; to wit:
Wealthy German Tourist: “Ach, Mr Officer, you are from Amerika, jah?”
me: “yes sir, New England.”
Wealthy German Tourist: “Ach, Ve are sailingk now, yes? vich sails do we have set?”
Me: “yes, sir we are sailing. we have set the Mains’l, lower topsl’s, upper tops’ls, t’gallents, and some headsails as well as the [B]de-sail[/B], which will help us work a bit to windward.”
Wealthy German Tourist: “Ach! Very Goot! It is beautiful, jah?”
me: “yes, sir, it is quite a sight.”
Ja! Ja! Das ist mine booten!
worked on her early to mid 90’s in between regular $$ work in O&G for Chevron.
good fun.
I bet you have good stories about zee Germans fighting for those deck chairs…
omg. what good stories i have. dare not post.
was actually paid US$2500/month to sail around on that ship (Caribbean & Med). geeze.
my mind wanders…
claudia? sabine? inge? jaquelle? aysha?
where are they now…
dont waste all your youth chasing the good $$ shipping jobs. plenty of time for that later when you’re my age (46).
geeze.
my mind wanders…
claudia? sabine? inge? jaquelle? aysha?
where are they now…
You might run with terror if you saw them now. 
yeah. and they might run when they saw me as well. oh well, “every dog has his day”.