Sea Stories by Captain Richard Metz

Sea Stories by Captain Richard Metz

Author:Captain Richard Metz
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781591937609
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Published: 2017-04-04T04:00:00+00:00


Heading Out

In the morning, I signed on the rest of the crew and we readied the ship. The following day, we had our inspection, and the chief engineer said he would have the engines ready to go that evening.

Around midnight, my phone rang. The mate was on the other end. “Cap, the engine’s ready and the deckhands are standing by on the dock.”

I went up to the pilothouse and told the mate, “When I blow a short toot from the whistle, let go of the lines and get your men aboard.” When everything was ready, I reached for the whistle handle and gave it a quick jerk, fully expecting a short toot. The short toot got longer and longer; the whistle would not stop blowing. “Hang onto her,” I told the mate. The whistle kept on blowing until the steam ran out. I didn’t have to call the chief; he knew what had happened.

The engineers tinkered, and a few hours later, we tried it all over again. This time, I got my short toot and the boys cut her loose. I started to back her down the dock. We got three ship lengths when the chief called. “We lost the boiler.” So we had to tie her up again.



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