Emergency management aupervisor
Chief helmsman (on the wheel, checking the chart, steering the boat, scanning for obstacles)
Primary navigator and course plotter
Sail manager and tactician (furl, unfurl, untangle, trim, adjust)
Sail mender
Amateur diesel mechanic and fully competent outboard mechanic
Electrician
Leak stopper and one-man general maintenance and repair crew
Muscleman and beast of burden
Updater of Captain's Log (Star Date.....)
Optimist
Messer-upper
Calmer-downer
First mate:
Backup helmsman and navigator
Human winch, i.e., anchorwoman: hauling anchor and chain up with back, abs, and pecs; washing off mud and clay; drying chain and rope; dropping it all in again next time
Dockhand and lines manager (they are NOT ropes, they are LINES, reminds the captain; please help keep them NEAT and SORTED, replies the first mate)
Galley slave: grocery shopper, meal planner, cook, can opener, server, busboy
On-shore provisioner, activities director, tour guide, and social chairman
On-board bartender, musician, and general entertainer
Accountant and bookkeeper
Housekeeper and on-board organizer, frequently employing expertise in finding things supposedly "lost"
Decorator
Master blogger
Captain's companion
Worrier
Cleaner-upper
Stilll afloat with no mutiny in sight.
ReplyDeleteNot anymore! I jumped ship and came home (again). Pope is patching things up over in the bay, by himself.
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