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Having watched the linked video and its other part ages ago and again more recently, my chief question is always the same. Who begins the process? Given that the captain is just a crew member hired like the rest, who is the one that begins the recruiting process? Without covering that, it almost feels like piracy is caused by random, persuasive ships floating into port. Have I just missed that info every single time?
Usually sea captains of commercial/state ships did the recruiting by usually being extremely abusive and exploitive. All the pirates have to do is get their treasure and let the crew kill their captain and some will want to join.
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The fact that there's a performance based profit share is a huge draw
Also, if I remember correctly, the crew votes on the captain prior to setting sail and there are mechanisms in place to replace the captain if they aren't performing well enough.
I answered an ad like this posted by Elcid Barrett back in Nova Scotia. Now I'm a broken man on a Halifax pier, the last of Barrett's privateers.
I don't know that I'd recommend the career.
I'm sorry about your legs.
Eh, you can't sing shanties if you've got two legs, and you don't own a boat, and you've got no beard.
And you can't shout ho?
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I know this is a shit post, but you really can voluteer to sail the world with the Nao Santa María,
https://www.fundacionnaovictoria.org/
I've been on it a while back, beautiful ship.
Too bad you don't get paid for it (in fact, you have to pay for it yourself).
A bucket list item of mine is to go on a training ship. I was eyeing up this one https://sailtraininginternational.org/vessel/statsraad-lehmkuhl/.
Aaand bookmarked. 100% going on my list of stuff to do.
I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine
I had a little stretch of land along the CP line
But times were tough and though I tried, the money wasn't there
'Til bankers came and took my land and told me "Fair is fair."
I looked for every kind of job, the answer always "no."
"Hire you now?" they'd laugh and say, "We just let forty go."
The government, it promised me a measly little sum
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum.
But I thought, who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone.
I'm gonna be a pirate on the river Saskatchewan!
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A [*squints*] ~20 gun frigate with a crew of only 30-50? That's sounds like a startup nightmare. You'd probably want double that to be comfortable.
"Get in on the ground floor of our fast paced, dynamic environment! Must be self starter willing to work watch-on-watch for the team. No sick days."
More rum for me.
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Can I bring my pet parrot ?
You're hired!
Nice try IDF
That musical instrument list is a joke! No squeeze boxes? No woodwind? No percussion?
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If we have a right to choose the captain I'm sold.
It's like a startup
consults wellerman lyrics
hard pass
No concertina? It's like the piratey-est instrument!
The concertina has historically been a favorite instrument among people who travel often (due to its small and compact size), leading it to be a common instrument among soldiers, sailors, and cowboys. One was even brought aboard Robert Peary's 1891 expedition of the Greenland Arctic. Despite the pop-culture association of the concertina with the Golden Age of Piracy, the concertina was invented approximately 100 years after the heyday of piracy in the North Atlantic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concertina
Huh neat.
Despite the pop-culture association of the concertina with the Golden Age of Piracy, the concertina was invented approximately 100 years after the heyday of piracy in the North Atlantic.
Shiver me timbers. Me whole worldview be built on a lie.
Is alcohol tolerance required?
No but you must drink anyway
It's expected you'll pick it up on the job!
While I love the joking in the comments section, I can't help but feel a bit sad.
I'd give almost anything for another sea going posting.
I hate my job, but at least I don't have all the scars in my body unheal and open up.
Objectively better than my current job
Literally the only thing that would prevent me from saying yes is the lack of air conditioning.
I can not tolerate the heat, at all
Honestly, rope blisters don't seem as bad as what I'm working with rn.
I can’t play any of those instruments but I know how to make hard tack edible and can reef a sail.
I’ve also got a copy of Lobscouse and Spotted Dog for making authentic sailor meals
How do you even make the bass stay upright? Do you have to freeze it with its mouth open?
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🎶 What will you do with a drunken sailor, what will you do with a drunken sailor? 🎶
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