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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
7:34 PM

i just got volume 1 of my reading materials for Seamanship, and its definitely not looking good. just this first volume alone occupies a ring file (the kind with bigger than average rings -_-). who knows how many volumes there are? besides, seanmanship is merely one of the subjects we got to cover. there's still navigation, rule of the road, gunnery, defensive tactics etc etc etc. looks like a coast guard wannabe has to be a mugger too? according to my OC, it takes 5 years to fully train an independent full-fledged coast guard officer, and costs about 100-200k per trainee. seems the responsibilities of a PCGO are pretty high i guess. i mean, a steersman has to navigate a 3million dollar patrol boat?

sigh, anyways i'm having my survival jump tomorrow, so, lets pray i survive yea?