“This sea phase is used to introduce the trainee to sea going life and provide an opportunity to learn and perform duties associated with RFPNW and other practical seaman tasks related to AB and Lifeboatman. Students will complete all the required RFPNW assessments during this phase and will have the necessary documentation for Ratings.”
I would need to get 60 days of seatime on vessels greater that 200 tons going “beyond the boundry” - meaning that we would need to be ocean going, not inland. The 200 ton requirement is virtually impossible to achieve, so the Coast Guard allowed that vessels below 200 tons could be accepted on a case by case basis.
PMI set me up with Dunlap Towing. When I interviewed with their training director and the port captain it was pretty clear that we were all making this up as we went along. What was my role to be, did I stand watches? How was this supposed to work? None of us knew. But I am pretty happy setting a trail. I was pretty confident that whatever happened, I would make the best out of the experience.
I left right away on the PHYLLIS DUNLAP to Hawaii with a container barge.
After I got back, I spent a week on land, then I got on the TAURUS to San Francisco with a dredge barge.
A couple of weeks on land and then, right when I was thinking I wasn’t going to get my 60 days, I got on the SNOHOMISH to Alaska. We were gone 34 days, bringing my professional seatime to 69 days.
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