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No....it’s not my grandfather
It’s the seediest & saltiest sailor I know- my college room mate @jesse.birmingham.39 . He’s flying home to Maine today after another “thrilling” 6 month hitch with Military Sealift Command.
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JB sails US government navy re-supply ships and they fuel the navy on the go at sea. It sounds like a stressful job because the Navy has a hard time avoiding other ships already. ♂️They’re working on it though and that’s good (for everyone, you too)
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Welcome home JB! “Let’s crack a cold one.”
SS Empire State VI taking in fuel and cadets at Pier 88 in Manhattan yesterday. Bound for Iceland on a training voyage. Fair winds and following seas! Send us your photos! @maritimecollege
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⚓️Welcome to offshore life!
Trying to stay focused on the job at hand, eat breakfast & make sure we don’t drift over into Mexican waters on this mission.
Fun fact : no Dynamic Positioning on this research/salvage vessel. Doing it old school with 2 CPPs and a very obnoxious bow thruster (rattled the mirror bolts out in my state room)
San Diego bay, sampling dumping grounds with EPA & NOAA aboard Fall 2018.
Cruising into this week like...
Location: Cannes Film Festival Summer 2012
Novurania is classic superyacht go-to machine. This guy easily fit into the strern door garage of the mothership: Bennetti’s 183’ Four Aces (now Jaguar)
WTF moment: I cut across the wake of a high speed jet ferry and almost lost this 120k+ tender in the trough, which towered over us. Luckily for me, no guest aboard to witness this #wtf moment
Millionaire hacksSuper yacht edition
The longest charter I’ve ever done was a full month. Russians. A prominent Soviet nuclear missile silo commander turned to creating the safest & 2nd most dominant airline in Russia✈️
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Every morning he’d come on deck at 6 am when everyone else was sleeping. “Vake borrrrd! Dmitry! Davai!!! (Come on!) His whole family came out for the month but every 2-3 days new guests came.
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It took me years to figure out that he was chartering the yacht to grease business deals and use the expenses as a tax write off. ✍That’s one smart cookie.
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13,000 tip for each crew member was also an unforgettable gesture
Can you spot us from above?
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This is in the top 3 of my favorite places on this planet! And to think the entire place was bombed during the Yugoslavian conflict. You can still see bullet holes on some older buildings, most are new.
FUNFIND: we found an abandoned submarine base in a cave. Video of that coming soon !