# Who is a "Real Mariner" ? Who decides?

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**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [October 25, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/who-is-a-real-mariner-who-decides/49562 "2018-10-25T13:30:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Steamer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Steamer)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/who-is-a-real-mariner-who-decides/49562/2 "2018-10-24T21:16:17Z")

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> [@Master of Yachts Unlimited Tonnage Marshall Islands](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/master-of-yachts-unlimited-tonnage-marshall-islands/49554/1):
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> Do you think this is enough training …

More to the point, what does it matter and who cares?

Yachting is not about seamanship, it is theater and the master is the master of ceremonies.

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