Ex. Velma Lykes
As @BeerCaptain just stated the T/S Kennedy is the old Velma Lykes. Back in the day I was on several of them. Considering they were built in the mid 60’s they had cutting edge automation for their time.
Always respect your opinion JD. Where else can these young people get steam experience/license?
There are (at the moment) steam ships still sailing. Not to mention those in the RRF.
They don’t need steam experience, that is the last sub paragraph of the link I posted. They can take a course. Granted, there are not many, perhaps commensurate with the number of steam ships. And some of the courses are at union schools, which some may find unpalatable.
The guys I know who want to keep their steam license up at this point just find the school ship more fun than the other options. Not sure there’s a single East Coast steamship at this point unless the Kocaks are still around.
I like when we get cadets onboard, they’re not all cranky still willing to learn things.
Yup, that’s what I do.