Originally Posted by
MaritimeFanatic
Nice to see a fellow merchant mariner! What type of ship do you work on, Sailor? I have a buddy over in the Baltic as we speak working on an MSC ship.
I have had good luck with the boats I've worked on - and our families think we are soooo brave going out for a month.......:D My boats have been nice, and it's a godsend after a while. Pushing petroleum barges, more often than not, I have found to be pretty high stress and you don't sleep much.
Corrosion isn't a huge consideration for me, I'm planning on just giving each blade a nice coating of camellia oil. I think I'm going to try to make a small paddle strop - seems to be the best option. You know how it is though, no matter how nice your boat is, there is never much space. If it doesn't fit in your little drawer it lives in the rack with you.