No, dad, she’s definitely a girl…

The staring was starting to become awkward. I glanced down, checking that my clothing was in order…

The Merchant Navy FAQ

I’ve been in various sectors of the merchant navy since 1996, in places ranging from Australia to Russia to the…

Sailors, Channel Fever, and Lockdown

There’s a strange phenomenon that happens on ships; it’s been…

Seafarers: the Forgotten Essential Workers

“No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for…

Seafarer vaccination is your problem

…and what to do about it

Stand Up for Someone

I gritted my teeth as the company training officer showed yet another “funny” video, this time about a woman who removed…

The COVID Crew Change Crisis

When the universal crisis became personal

Assumptions must be made on the basis of scanty information

as long as you‘re paying attention.

Sometimes you’ll never be ready

There are some things we can’t learn in a classroom: how an individual…

Rule 3: Don’t blow up the ship

I stared at the third mate. “Is this a joke? Because it’s Christmas, you know, not April Fool’s Day.”
He…