[QUOTE=milepost;17113]Does anyone know if they take cadets aboard research vessels?[/QUOTE]
I worked on the UW ship R/V Thompson last year. There weren’t any academy cadets while I was onboard, but I know they had some in the past.
And, I just heard that UW is now taking cadets from PMI’s two year program. NOAA takes PMI cadets, too, but not academy cadets (that I’m aware of).
When I worked on the Roger Revelle (Scripps) they had a Cal Maritime cadet onboard.
Thanks, I’m just keeping my eyes open for interesting cadet sea-time. Has anyone sailed on the Palmer or the Gould?
Hooray! Oh, wait, happily married… officer… stand down boys.
milepost, I sailed on both the Gould and Palmer. The Palmer is a little bigger and more comfortable, but the Gould only sails out of Chile. That is a fun place!!!
Nice! When were you there?
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So what kind of runs can you expect on the Gould/Palmer? Do they generally do the same thing every season? how long are your hitches? is all the hiring/dispatching done by ECO?
[quote=MrBreach;17266]Nice! When were you there?
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Was there from '96-07
[QUOTE=stellarseas;3929]I worked for Lamont Doherty for a short time on Maurice Ewing. got lots of overtime there, good money, I thought they were a bit uptight there cuz they wanted me to report to watch 20 minutes before the hour!.. ok, thats where I draw the line 10 min no problem, 15 is ok, but 20? does that make the ship 10 minutes better than everybody elses?[/QUOTE]
I was on one ship, engine-room. We reported about 30 minutes before the watch (12 hour shifts). But all that bad as long as relief showed up 30n early as well. But I knew where he lived (down the passage way:cool:).
I did a Great circle crossing Seattle to Japan and back 60 days run it was fun and real easy on the Mt Mitchell. Missed my chance to go to Taiwan on the Marcus G Langseth for Lamont Doughrty earth observatory. Money’s not the greatest but work was easy and set up for crew was great I would go in a pinch…pretty much a no brainer these days.
I got to say you know you ships. Scripps has a low wage for considering its size you will make more money at Woods hole even on its small ship and you get lots of overtime. With scripps you get zip zero. Spent most of the time moping floors and cleaning toilets instead of launching ctd. Not much hands on science ops very routine. I thought that liberty policy was very good. Lots of cliques and different crew and attitudes must love surfing to get in the clique and also love fishing. There was this one female ab on the Revel she rarley did any thing showed up late for watches all time drink tea and buff her finger nails. All the guys would do her work for her. So sad that this goes on. I have to say i met some good guys on The Revelle and also met some backstabbers but that is life. If i knew what i knew now i would not even go with scripps. It takes way to long to be permanet years or even decades its just not worth it having a third mates license and sailing Ab for years and note becoming permanet. But it is a fun place to drink and party and have fun if you don’t have a mortgage. So don’t expect too much. Use as stepping stone for something better and for sea time
Quote Keep sailing smooth seas!! Due north
You guys recommend any research vessels to work as an AB special on or do they only want unlimited? Know of any that are hiring?
J
[QUOTE=stellarseas;3929]I worked for Lamont Doherty for a short time on Maurice Ewing. got lots of overtime there, good money, I thought they were a bit uptight there cuz they wanted me to report to watch 20 minutes before the hour!.. ok, thats where I draw the line 10 min no problem, 15 is ok, but 20? does that make the ship 10 minutes better than everybody elses? That ship was on its last legs and they got a new ship now, but I understand they are having problems the last couple years getting it working right.[/QUOTE]
LOL, I worked for a short time on the Maurice Ewing too. Capt_Anonymous pretty much hit the nail on the head, seasick scientists and horny grad students. 
That was the good part. The bad part was sailing with Captain Queeg. Ugh, worst captain I ever sailed with, bar none. The guy was a screamer of the highest order. During seismic surveys we had to maintain two charts, the normal chart for the area and a much larger scale chart that we made because the scale of the normal chart wasn’t sufficient for the precision required. Needless to say, it was a bit of a pain juggling two charts on the same chart table. So one night I moved the regular chart to the top of the chart drawers off to the side of our chart table, no more than five feet away. I was still maintaining both charts, I was just trying to be more efficient. The Captain wandered up to the bridge, looked at the chart table, and YELLED, “where’s the f’ing chart?” I pointed to the table right beside him. Rather than just say, like a rational person, that he would like to keep the charts together on the chart table he began to rip me a new one about how the chart remains on the chart table.
He also like to quietly sneak up on the bridge at night and sit in his chair unnoticed. Freaky.
Aside from that it was a lot of fun and a great experience. Coring operations in particular, we used to joke that the ship had DP, it was called The MATE. Great shiphandling experience trying to keep the ship on station with a single screw and an underpowered bow thruster that we couldn’t use because it was located under the crew staterooms.
NOAA takes Academy cadets (at least, they did way back when I was one), but they made you pay for your own expenses which made it impractical for most cadets.