You Do What On A Cruise Ship?

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You Do What on a Ship?

A working life measured in contracts, crossings, cabins, ports, and the ships that made the world feel briefly like home.

"Working on ships has been a real life saver - and a life extender."

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THE BALLOON TYCOON

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Some of My Best Contracts

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Twelve ships, twelve contracts, and a working atlas written in wake lines.

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MS Prinsendam

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Celebrity Solstice

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Pacific Pearl

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Crystal Serenity

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Azamara Journey

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Carnival Splendor

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Princess Cruises

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Oasis of the Seas

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Disney Magic

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MSC Poesia

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The Queen Mary 2, the last of the great ocean liners.

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The Prinsendam That (Damm) ship Holland America

From the Ship's Library

The Book the Sea Wrote Back

The sea years were solo. Then they weren't. Charting Love is the log of the difference.

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A Nautical Journey

Charting Love

Sarah & Ed's nautical journey - a love story plotted in bearings instead of anniversaries. Two people, one Scottish Terrier, and a route that runs from the Solent to the Rock to the last inhabited island before the weather takes over. Navigation is just commitment with instruments. This is the chart.

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