Paid Hand......

[Graham376]

One of those situations where you feel a suitably cutting riposte is called for but you can't think of one until it is too late.

It was his attitude which wound me up rather than the actual words, in the brief conversation which followed, it soon became obvious that those who did their own maintenance from choice must be from a different (lower) class of marina dweller.

 

[dom]

.......it soon became obvious that those who did their own maintenance from choice must be from a different (lower) class of marina dweller.

We probably are ?

 

[georgebertie]

Reminds me of the time when I was walking past a VERY large and VERY expensive motor yacht in Plymouth. The (I presume ) owner hailed me and asked if I had minute .” Of course” I replied,being a helpful sort of chap.” “Would you mind tying bowlines on all of the mooring lines please? I don’t know how to do them”. I did.

 

[Poignard]

That reminds me of some tosser I met at Hamble Point. Walking down the pontoon in boiler suit, carrying some engine bits, some old geezer I passed literally had his marigolds on, along with Sunday best clothes, dusting his handrails.

Seeing him with duster and Marigolds, I would have said, had I thought of it in time, "And I have a woman to do that!" or "I didn't know they made Marigolds for men".

 

[dom]

Seeing him with duster and Marigolds, I would have said, had I thought of it in time, "And I have a woman to do that!" or "I didn't know they made Marigolds for men".

?

 

[25931]

One of those situations where you feel a suitably cutting riposte is called for but you can't think of one until it is too late.

"and what else does he do for you?" smiling evilly.

 

[Uricanejack]

I was under the impression it is quite fashionable these days for an enterprising young lady or gentleman to pursue a YM for the express purpose of becoming a paid hand.

 

[Bajansailor]

I was under the impression it is quite fashionable these days for an enterprising young lady or gentleman to pursue a YM for the express purpose of becoming a paid hand.

If the enterprising young lady or gentleman fits the stereotype look for a yacht crew, and has an STCW certificate up their sleeve, then they have got it made - they don't necessarily need a YM.
As I found out 26 years ago when I was looking for employment as a paid hand - I had a YM Offshore with a commercial endorsement, RYA dinghy instructor, Powerboat Level 2 (the basic one for tenders) and lots of experience in boat maintenance under my belt, but nobody was interested in me because I did not fit the stereotype (this was in the days before STCW).

 

[Daydream believer]

I was under the impression it is quite fashionable these days for an enterprising young lady or gentleman to pursue a YM for the express purpose of becoming a paid hand.

In the words of Joan Rivers " I spit on education. No man ever put his hand up a woman's skirt looking for a library ticket (substitute YM cert)"

 

[dgadee]

If the enterprising young lady or gentleman fits the stereotype look for a yacht crew, and has an STCW certificate up their sleeve, then they have got it made - they don't necessarily need a YM.
As I found out 26 years ago when I was looking for employment as a paid hand - I had a YM Offshore with a commercial endorsement, RYA dinghy instructor, Powerboat Level 2 (the basic one for tenders) and lots of experience in boat maintenance under my belt, but nobody was interested in me because I did not fit the stereotype (this was in the days before STCW).

Good looking and likes polishing? Is that the stereotype?

 

[Gary Fox]

Good looking and likes polishing? Is that the stereotype?

Good looking, likes polishing, silver service, and turning a blind eye to the crew disposing of dead Russian prostitutes? Please sign here.

 

[Bajansailor]

Good looking and likes polishing? Is that the stereotype?

That is it in a nutshell, yes.
I would have happily polished 26 years ago, but I wasn't good looking in the stereotypical sense.

 

[Wansworth]

That is it in a nutshell, yes.
I would have happily polished 26 years ago, but I wasn't good looking in the stereotypical sense.

Is that mentioned as part of the raining course?

 

[Bajansailor]

Is that mentioned as part of the raining course?

Maybe it should be!

I met a young lady here about 15 years ago - she had a Competent Crew certificate, had just crossed the Atlantic as a watch leader on the brig Stavros owned by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (formerly the STA - I was their local rep here then), she was on her gap year before Uni, and she was wondering what to do next.
Oh, she was also tall, blonde, very pretty, with an impressive cleavage and an Edinburgh accent to die for.
I suggested that she get herself up to Antigua asap and tout her CV to the crewing agencies there, and she would land a deckies job pretty quickly.
She was a bit dubious about this, but did as I suggested, and a couple of weeks later I received an email from her - she had received 2 job offers within a couple of days of arriving in English Harbour, and was now a deckie on the lovely Herreshoff schooner Eleonora.
ELEONORA E (Yacht) Registered in United Kingdom - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 8732984, MMSI 235008680, Call Sign MEDD4

 

[Wansworth]

Maybe it should be!

I met a young lady here about 15 years ago - she had a Competent Crew certificate, had just crossed the Atlantic as a watch leader on the brig Stavros owned by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (formerly the STA), she was on her gap year before Uni, and she was wondering what to do next.
Oh, she was also tall, blonde, very pretty, with an impressive cleavage and an Edinburgh accent to die for.
I suggested that she get herself up to Antigua asap and tout her CV to the crewing agencies there, and she would land a deckies job pretty quickly.
She was a bit dubious about this, but did as I suggested, and a couple of weeks later I received an email from her - she had received 2 job offers within a couple of days of arriving in English Harbour, and was now a deckie on the lovely Herreshoff schooner Eleonora.
ELEONORA E (Yacht) Registered in United Kingdom - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 8732984, MMSI 235008680, Call Sign MEDD4

So you didn’t have a cleavage?

 

[Bajansailor]

So you didn’t have a cleavage?

Alas no, that was my downfall.

 

[Stemar]

So you didn’t have a cleavage?

Alas no, that was my downfall.

I've met blokes with a cleavage. Trust me, it is not a good look

 

[Tomaret]

It was his attitude which wound me up rather than the actual words, in the brief conversation which followed, it soon became obvious that those who did their own maintenance from choice must be from a different (lower) class of marina dweller.

Lower = better in that case

 

[Frogmogman]

Alas no, that was my downfall.

I bet she couldn't navigate all round the Caribbean using only a transistor radio.

 

[Bajansailor]

I bet she couldn't navigate all round the Caribbean using only a transistor radio.

Aye, when needs must we had to improvise - and if the tranny didn't work we would resort to following the LIAT aeroplanes.

Serena (yes, that was her name ) would have needed an I-phone complete with the latest Navionics apps.