Real Filth
I don’t feel much like writing this morning. Yesterday, I found out my best friend (the sterile 2nd Engineer Atheist from last week’s ferry trip, who was my best man at my wedding, and my closest friend through high school),…
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Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.
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Navigating faith, family & freedom, across the Atlantic.
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Broken Home
I’ve returned home. After one month at sea, we proceeded directly to Ireland for a little road trip vacation. We had planned to stay with a friend, who sadly had to cancel at the last minute. We decided to go…
90 Seconds
I was living the dream. The wind was twenty knots, but it was perfectly aligned for my approach to the berth. The late evening sun was low enough in the sky to bring a golden glow to every surface and…
What We Want
Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bids the mighty ocean deep, It’s own appointed limits keep; O hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea. The Navy…
Peacocks in the Jungle
Sex Re-Education Campaigns, Pride, Harm, Norms and Sailors. It’s hard to know where the time goes. I’ve been home for 1.5 weeks. Five days were spent doing ‘ultra-parenting’, taking the kids away from the wife to compensate her for my…
Culture Safety
We rushed up to Aberdeen and demobilised the diving and mooring spread in record time. I’m glad we did because we’ve been sat here for eleven days off-hire, with another few days to go before it looks like we’ll sail.…
Corona Nation
Promotor Fidei, Punk. It has been one week since the anointing of King Charles III. King Charles the sausage-fingered. Sadly, William did not turn up in an Apache helicopter seeking trial by combat in a challenge to the throne, as…
Numinous Nomads
I’m back at sea. Well, I’m in Whitby now, demobilising from the aforementioned dive job in Bridlington Bay. No, we didn’t kill the Whale that washed ashore there this week. I think he committed suicide due to the cost of…
Careers day
I promised at least one reader of this stack a little bit of career advice a while ago. As I’ve spent the past week teaching five aspiring skippers their MCA Boat Master License this week, now seems like an appropriate…
Patterns of Pride 2
Conclusion. Happy Saint George’s Day, fellow dragon slayers! We have plenty of dragons to slay today. The borders are open. The pound and the dollar have nearly lost 100% of their value. The media actively avoid real information. The warmongers…
Patterns of Pride
Part 1 It’s been two weeks since our last correspondence. What have we missed? I got home over a week ago, and despite exhaustion from a four-week trip at sea, I launched into an urgent attempt to pick up some…
The Bite of the Age
Whitby is an amazing place. Its scars and memories are on display. Its heroes remain alive. We sailed past Lindisfarne to get here, but this is Northumberland. The kingdom of Vikings, where peoples are known by their distinct identities, changing…