Navigation Adventure: British Columbia (2)

Описание: EPISODE 2: The trainees aboard the Curlew head north in the Salish Sea, from Oak Harbor WA to Ganges Harbor BC. May 2024.

The Summer Mariner Program:
Coastal Transportation Inc.'s Summer Mariner Program is a paid summer of adventure and hard work in Alaska and British Columbia.

Designed for merchant marine academy students, the Summer Mariner Program places them on a variety of the company's vessels. Between May and August, the trainees will sail on everything from 2000-ton Alaskan freighters to 65' long motor vessels to a 17' long open boat. They learn not only seamanship skills such as steering and piloting, but also how to lash down cargo and drive lift trucks.

This is no internship. There's no standing around and observing. It's hands-on work, shoulder-to-shoulder with professional mariners. An intense deep-dive into coastal piloting and industrial seamanship, while making real deckhand wages.

The first phase is the Curlew expedition, where they learn fundamental piloting skills that will last them a lifetime, as well as basic seamanship they will put to use on the company's freighters during their summer of working in Alaska.

To learn more about the SMP and Coastal Transportation Inc. go to https://www.coastaltransportation.com...

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