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    Do y'all have good chow? I never got good chow until I made Gunny and got to use the Chief's Mess. We were always bouncing all over the place when I was on frigates. Had to hold on to that coffee tight. Yiu might can dump my eggs but steer this thing with the damned wind while I drink my damned coffee.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    Do y'all have good chow? I never got good chow until I made Gunny and got to use the Chief's Mess. We were always bouncing all over the place when I was on frigates. Had to hold on to that coffee tight. Yiu might can dump my eggs but steer this thing with the damned wind while I drink my damned coffee.
    Aye....very good chow.

    But on the ship we head a sadistic head cook who, on the first day underway, featured greasy entree's.
    Guaranteed to make folks seasick who were prone to that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar View Post
    Aye....very good chow.

    But on the ship we head a sadistic head cook who, on the first day underway, featured greasy entree's.
    Guaranteed to make folks seasick who were prone to that.
    Sounds about right. I was just curious because I've never been on a cutter. I have no idea what y'all's scheduling is like. We went out for weeks and months. I kinda figured y'all hit port a lot more than we did. I always loved the first 10 days on float. Talk about a ghost town. The galley and gym were MINE. Lots of green people laying around. The troops would try to make fun of me for taking dramamine and I was like .... who's as green as Gumby laying the rack and who's running around all over the boat? I've been deep sea fishing since I was a kid. I got seasick once, Might of had something to do with us cracking those Bush's open at 4 AM. But I said never again to this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar View Post
    Aye....very good chow.

    But on the ship we head a sadistic head cook who, on the first day underway, featured greasy entree's.
    Guaranteed to make folks seasick who were prone to that.

    I remember the first breakfast on the Sherman. I watched the eggs (supposed to be over easy) slide from one side of the flat-top to the other during the rolls.

    My guess, the cook was trying to make us feel bad, but I had more than a few years as stern-man on a lobster boat. There was no way the smell coming out of the galley was gonna be worse then the smell of the gurry we used as bait
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bilgerat View Post
    I remember the first breakfast on the Sherman. I watched the eggs (supposed to be over easy) slide from one side of the flat-top to the other during the rolls.

    My guess, the cook was trying to make us feel bad, but I had more than a few years as stern-man on a lobster boat. There was no way the smell coming out of the galley was gonna be worse then the smell of the gurry we used as bait
    How big are y'all"s boats?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    How big are y'all"s boats?
    Sherman is 378 feet long, 36 feet abeam.

    Mine, Venturous is 210 feet long, 34 abeam.

    The new security cutters are 427 feet, not sure of the beam, but look to be 50.
    Polar icebreakers are 399 feet, about 50 abeam.
    Newer icebreaker Healey is 425 feet =+/- and a beam of about 50.

    New buoy tenders are 225 feet, approx 50 abeam.

    Great Lakes icebreaker Mackinaw is 255 feet and approx 45 abeam.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bilgerat View Post
    I remember the first breakfast on the Sherman. I watched the eggs (supposed to be over easy) slide from one side of the flat-top to the other during the rolls.

    My guess, the cook was trying to make us feel bad, but I had more than a few years as stern-man on a lobster boat. There was no way the smell coming out of the galley was gonna be worse then the smell of the gurry we used as bait
    I used to piss off the cooks with the 'eggs to order' in rough seas! I wanted over easy. They slid all
    over the grill and came out fried!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post
    Sounds about right. I was just curious because I've never been on a cutter. I have no idea what y'all's scheduling is like. We went out for weeks and months. I kinda figured y'all hit port a lot more than we did. I always loved the first 10 days on float. Talk about a ghost town. The galley and gym were MINE. Lots of green people laying around. The troops would try to make fun of me for taking dramamine and I was like .... who's as green as Gumby laying the rack and who's running around all over the boat? I've been deep sea fishing since I was a kid. I got seasick once, Might of had something to do with us cracking those Bush's open at 4 AM. But I said never again to this.

    After casting off and securing sea detail, too many guys would cuddle in their racks and cover up with a wool blanket.
    Sure way to get seasick. As a BMOW (Boatswain's Mate of the Watch) and MAA, I stayed on the weather decks and bridge.

    I'm sure Bilge had it worse being in the hole with the engine temps and humidity.

    I used to get pissed if someone on the bridge barfed over the side and splattered on the small boats. Made them go clean it up,
    even the Junior Officers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar View Post
    After casting off and securing sea detail, too many guys would cuddle in their racks and cover up with a wool blanket.
    Sure way to get seasick. As a BMOW (Boatswain's Mate of the Watch) and MAA, I stayed on the weather decks and bridge.

    I'm sure Bilge had it worse being in the hole with the engine temps and humidity.

    I used to get pissed if someone on the bridge barfed over the side and splattered on the small boats. Made them go clean it up,
    even the Junior Officers.
    I made my little jarheads carry trash bags. I was like if you got to puke? Puke like a Marine and not on the squids' boat. They'll be pissed at us for the rest of the float.

    I know what a BM is. I hated being on the bridge. Disneyland ain't got crap on being on the bridge in seas. I avoided bridge duty like it was the plague. I hated being up there.

    What I DID like is I have seen the Southern Cross. I would go out at night and look at the stars. They were beautiful. I was away from home, alone, and it was the only nice. quiet moment. I appreciated those moments.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunny View Post

    What I DID like is I have seen the Southern Cross. I would go out at night and look at the stars. They were beautiful. I was away from home, alone, and it was the only nice. quiet moment. I appreciated those moments.
    You just painted a gorgeous picture. I Loved night watches. Stand on the bridge wing watching meteors and satellites in the sky.
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    It happened so, that for some time I was attached to the Navy and 'enjoyed a sea journey' in South Atlantic somewhere in 1982. So I know a bit of this subject and this thread is of a special pleasure for me as it brings me back to the years of my relative youth. Thank you Elessar for starting it.

    A personal question to you - how do you guess why Russian Mariners never spit and throw the cigarettes' butts into the Ocean?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Balu View Post
    It happened so, that for some time I was attached to the Navy and 'enjoyed a sea journey' in South Atlantic somewhere in 1982. So I know a bit of this subject and this thread is of a special pleasure for me as it brings me back to the years of my relative youth. Thank you Elessar for starting it.

    A personal question to you - how do you guess why Russian Mariners never spit and throw the cigarettes' butts into the Ocean?
    My guess is stewardship of the seas. Fish swallow those things and literally choke.

    (Thanks for Your Kind Words, @Balu)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elessar View Post
    My guess is stewardship of the seas. Fish swallow those things and literally choke.

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    I am just hoping that posting this thread some people actually see what the USCG does 24/7/365.

    Not many really do.
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