# Switching to Vane Brothers

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/switching-to-vane-brothers/13671>\
**Category:** Maritime Employment\
**Created:** [November 19, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/switching-to-vane-brothers/13671 "2014-11-19T09:37:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/switching-to-vane-brothers/13671/21 "2016-02-07T09:32:08Z")

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[QUOTE=z-drive;178496]yea, the call from dispatch at 2345 that the boats being tied up for the weekend at midnight was always wonderful.[/QUOTE]  
The ship docking majors in Philadelphia and Baltimore did this often dating back to the late eighties after the SIU strikes.  
But, they called it a “day off without pay”. That way, you couldn’t bump anyone when your boat was tied up.  
A fairly big reason there was such a high turnover rate too. On a seven day hitch, you might be lucky to get four days total.

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