Brad, do you recall when Dave Hall passed away. I worked with Dave in the Arctic, and he was a great shipmate. The funny thing was there were 2 Dave Hall's on the same vessel. The Dave you are speaking of was shorter than the other Dave, so we nic-named them, short haul, and long haul. We had some g...

Brad, the only advice I can give is to not write in Victoria, examiner here is a bit of a prick, in my humble opinion. Nanaimo would be much better. The company I worked for had only 2 vessels where you needed a 1st, all others only needed a 2nd. I was Chief on the drill ship where only a 2nd was re...

Well I spent the past month installing a new gas tank into my little 18' Donzi. Bigger job than I had originally thought, but thankfully everything worked out great. Weather here is still crap, looks like it is changing to the better beginning July, of course, thats when I go to work, DUH!

" 6 hours a day 16 in a 48 hours of rest" ..........WTF is the meaning of this? Please explain in common english

If you ask me it is a land lubber writing a story having tried to understand what was explained but did not understand then wrote the story. Or it could be that no one knew what they were talking about and Vanity Fair needed fill. It all sounded like Bull***t to me.

Thanks for this education Jolly Jack, sure am glad you are on top of this. I was unaware of this, but am going to try and investigate further. I agree with you 100%, foreign nationals will be the safety net the industry is seeking, to the detriment to all of us.

JK, you got that right. I was waiting at the North Eleuthera airport when this very large private jet lands. It taxied over where there were about 6 other but very much smaller private jets were parked, and out of this huge plane stepped a middle aged women and her 9 year old son. Thats it, 2 people...

Gas here in the Bahamas has jumped to 6.15 an Imp Gal

This is a google translate of the posting; Maintenance Mechanic - 2nd Class / Competition 2012-18-MAT by STQ »Tue March 13, 2012 4:41 am The Ferry Corporation of Quebec is a Crown corporation reporting to the Minister of Transport which operates five river crossings on the St. Lawrence and manages t...

Yes, but I can guarantee that if you do not speak french you will be unwelcome. Bare this in mind when applying

http://digitaljournal.com/article/320306
Here is a short story about this vessel.

I was on board the Laurier during the Clipper Adventurer pull off the reef in the Coronation Gulf. They were using these air bags that were about 80 feet long and when deflated were flat and about 10 to 12 inches thick. Once inflated it went to a 5 foot diameter tube. These were made of a tire like ...

I am in the Bahamas, gas is 1.20 a liter here. Over 60 bucks to fill my tiny tank on my Kia Sephia.

395 a day for possible 2 weeks? Works out to 3700US after taxes maybe. Doesn't sound like much to fly half way around the world for on a cable layer too boot. Sounds like bad planning on someones part. Best of luck!