jaywils91

The time off i get would be the best, it enables me to do what ever i want really, currently i work a 3 month on 3 month off rotation, my recent vacation i spent a month in canada, 3 weeks in germany and then the rest split between edinburgh and belfast where i live.

Boredom only really sets in when you don't have good crew on board, there are always plenty of jobs to be done and if you know how to keep yourself entertained out of work hours you should be fine. I tend to read or continue learning the guitar. Work is tiring, so you spend a lot of time sleeping!

We had cocaine tied to the rudder stock in columbia, a suicide pact of passengers in the south caribbean, a drunken guy in a wheel chair trying to bite everyone in the casino, We found a Katana left behind in one of the staterooms, well i didn't but the stewards did.

Plenty of shite happens on the cruise ships, as for tankers... I found some ladies underwear in a drawer under my bed once.... I suspect it was a prank though.

I get 30k, some get 24k and some get 35k. It really depends on which company.

I'm not military :)

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My last ship was awful, could barely load emails, before that i was on cruise vessels and it was good enough to hold a skype call without video.

Apparently my company has just taken a new contract with an internet provider so fingers are crossed :)