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Sig's daughter

posted 8 years ago by davidmt62
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Is not in school "to be a skipper"

She attends the California Maritime Academy, where if she graduates and passes her Coast Guard Exams, she will be a licensed Third Mate a long way from Captain. (if she was an engineering major instead of a deck major she would be a licensed Third Engineer)

https://www.csum.edu/web/mycampus/home

http://www.sunymaritime.edu/

http://mainemaritime.edu/

https://www.maritime.edu/

http://www.tamug.edu/corps/

https://www.nmc.edu/maritime/

https://www.usmma.edu/

[–] Doofs 8 years ago

And?

[–] lockon_stratos 8 years ago

Thank you professor

[–] greendayfan85 8 years ago

She might have to work up to caption from 3rd mate

[–] davidmt62 8 years ago

Of course she will, after a year of sea time she may sit for 2nd mate, then if she's hired as a second mate, she would need an additional year of sea time to sit Chief Mate, then she would need to sail C/M for a year before she could sit Master.

But few companies hire people with little experience, and most people are sailing at least one rate below their license.

After School it generally takes 12-18 years before someone sails Master or Chief Engineer.

A 1600 ton captain's license (the highest license Sig would hold) crosses to an unlimited 2nd Mate

[–] Sluggr-3 8 years ago

So I guess this is where she is going?

http://www.maritimeinstitute.com/Commercial_Merchant.html

Is gross tonnage the net displacement plus the full load of fuel/supplies/cargo?

I'm assuming that every time these guys sit a 4 hr watch at the helm that it counts as one of the service days.

My Chimp DNA seems to have lost its password temporarily. Sluggr-2

[–] davidmt62 8 years ago

So I guess this is where she is going?

http://www.maritimeinstitute.com/Commercial_Merchant.html

No

She goes to the California State Maritime Academy, a Cal State campus in Vallejo Ca.

https://www.csum.edu/web/mycampus/home

Is gross tonnage the net displacement plus the full load of fuel/supplies/cargo?

No
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I'm assuming that every time these guys sit a 4 hr watch at the helm that it counts as one of the service days.

No, The USCG requires 8 hours to count as a day, but it doesn't have to be on watch.

[–] monkeyalien 8 years ago

She's in school to be in a position to be set on a track a skipper which is her aspiration. Her goal is to be a captain which of course she'll have to work her way up to after years of experience after her formal education. School is an excellent way to get certifications and lower licenses. Spending time on her family's fishing vessel taking watches certainly doesn't hurt. She can apply what learns in the classroom to helping to run the boat and use experience on the boat in her coursework. You wouldn't call someone in pre-med college student a doctor, but you also wouldn't your spinal surgeon to have only had hands-on experience or only formal instruction.

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[–] davidmt62 8 years ago

The better analogy would be saying someone is in medical school to be head of surgery at Johns Hopkins, or in law school to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

[–] monkeyalien 8 years ago

Well that would mean she wants to captain an aircraft carrier, oil tanker, container ship, or a cruise ship. There are people who go to school saying they'll be head whatever at wherever, a Supreme Court Justice, Congressman, or Governor, and a handful do get that far. References to her as "future captain" or being in school to be a captain could also displays of encouragement. You wouldn't seriously imply that a medical school student who shows signs of promise & gumption will wind up emptying bed pans rendering first aid for a living, or imply that a law school student will be a clerk or ambulance chaser forever.

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[–] davidmt62 8 years ago

An Aircraft Carrier is a Naval Ship, she would need to be in the military for that.

Oil tankers, Box Boats, or Cattle Boats are all Merchant Ships so who is hired to be captain is decided by the company that owns the specific ship.

A medical school student who graduates, passes their boards, and completes an internship would be an MD, MD's don't empty bed pans, but that doesn't mean they're going to run a hospital.

Sig's daughter is in school to be a Third Mate, simple as that, perhaps someday she will be hired by some company to be a ship's Master, but that's not what she's in school for.

[–] Sluggr-3 8 years ago

Well, there have only been half dozen heads of surgery at Hopkins so perhaps not the best analogy. But there are certain pathways which are considered to be career stepping stones. Pretty much every chief surgical resident at Hopkins has gone on to be a department head or chief of surgery at a major medical institution. So if that is a career aspiration, then it is a good path to be on.

If they said she was in school to be a third mate, that might imply that was the highest level she wanted. She is simply in school on a path that is necessary to get her to where she wants to end up, which also requires other things such as having a dad who owns a boat. Success depends on inspiration, perspiration, and knowing the right people along the way. As my old buddy Dr D. used to say, Hopkins is a great place to leave. Go there, work your butt off (flex time, the 70 hrs/wk of your choosing), and use it as a ticket to go to the next place.

My Chimp DNA seems to have lost its password temporarily. Sluggr-2

[–] davidmt62 8 years ago

She is in school studying to be an unlimited third mate, it will be years before she is even eligible to sit for an unlimited master license.

It does not require a dad who owns a boat to get a master's ticket, and the F/V Northwestern is not even close is tonnage or horsepower to the ships she will work on.

[–] FellinMud 8 years ago

I would like to get to know her as a person and make love to her.