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Couple thoughts on the tech operations talk the other day. First of all, I got the distinct impression of how much a team they were. A question was asked of what they did in their spare time. Sleep was number one, followed by using whatsapp to communicate with family number two and spend time together number three. There was another on how much fuel and how long could they sail. The answer was 800 tons and easily sail for 20+ days depending on speed and other factors. The Captain spoke about one engineer (Mexican nationality I beleive) who was his Macgyver, and could fix or do work around for any problem, and they frequently contracted together.
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This captain is pretty young (relatively speaking) and quite an interesting guy. I was very impressed. He spoke VERY highly of rhe Coast Guard (medical wvac) He said they had a briefing, the y told him what they wanted, he complied and said it was amazing a ship doing 20 knots with 25 knot winds and 10 fr seas and the copter never waivered a bit
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Last night the Captain said it would improve dramatically. My brother and sister in law are traveling with us, they have a neighbor (St Pete) who loves in St John Ca and said if we end up stopping there they would be our excursion. Sent a pic from his property there this morning. Sun was out and they were outside having coffee. Go figure.