OK, so here's what I'm thinking. CFF Privateering vessel, armed, selling pirate hunting trips.....

I'm with bigfelipe on this. Forget sailing to Africa. Sell anti-pirate cruises off the coast here, where buyers can fire real guns at simulated attack targets. Did that boat come with torpedo launchers? :D

But, she's built for diving and salvage. Don't we have some divers here? :D
 
Is this you?

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No, this is him...:D

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Wait, can we have a cake??
 
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Talk about Adventure Cruises!

So, we're up to 15? volunteers as crew? Maybe pick up a few more as the thread progresses, round it out to 20?

80 berths, so that leaves 60 paid slots, some of whom could be sold tix as Working Adventure Crew Member. (There's an up charge for participating.)

If this is the plan, count me out. I signed up for privateering, not a pleasure cruise.
I would rather deal with Somali pirates than the public. The public can be downright vicious :D
 
The puddin’s stirred.
@SPM
I like the way you think...
But
If we were to patrol the straights of Hormuz and the African horn, notably high crime areas, looking for locals up to no good, wouldn’t that make us, in effect, the police? And that would make you hate yourself...
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@SPM
I like the way you think...
But
If we were to patrol the straights of Hormuz and the African horn, notably high crime areas, looking for locals up to no good, wouldn’t that make us, in effect, the police? And that would make you hate yourself...

Ha!

No, I wouldn't think we'd be wearing magic costumes or tin badges pretending to be good guys.

At best we'd be mercs.
 
I will lead the dining team. Chef by trade and putting out meals for up to 500 people is not a problem. Only thing I require is a little time on the trigger once in awhile.
I cooked for a living in another life, and I can be your sous chef, and cover things while you go shooting!
 
Yeah, we got divers here. I work for the phone company so I could help with the radios. How hard could it be?
 
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Forgot to add- I'm a damned good dog robber & pulled that gig for several First Sergeants.
Is "dog robber" an euphemism, or did you actually steal dogs...lol. It might be some military slang, and how would I know, right?
 
I'm in!
Previous USN electrician (EM3ss/sw) on a (outdated 1943) diesel/electric Submarine rescue ship, ASR-14 USS Petrel.
(Rode out Hurricane Hugo off of Charleston on that turd)
Also USN trained diver/underwater rigger AND, MK17 gyro technician....

I have my own weapons & ammo.

Post link to GoFundMe... Let's get this ball rolling!
 
Is "dog robber" an euphemism, or did you actually steal dogs...lol. It might be some military slang, and how would I know, right?

Old school military slang for a 'fixer', especially one who can quietly resolve issues outside regular channels & without drawing official attention.
 
Old school military slang for a 'fixer', especially one who can quietly resolve issues outside regular channels & without drawing official attention.
Good to know....I might need one of those if my dates keep getting frisky! Lol.
 
I'd like ta hang out on deck and do whatever is yelled at me. Then later have a heart attack, or stroke and get slid off a board into the drink.....yehhhhh! I'd go see Davey Jones ! ( Not the one with the Monkeys. The ancient one. )
 
I am betting a dollar against a doughnut hole that you can be teached to swim. lol

Lol yeah I'm sure I could. The problem was that when I was a kid I had zero body fat. So I couldn't float and sank like a rock. If I had someone I trusted or a hot young girlfriend giving me the correct motivation I could be swimming in a day.
 
I'd like ta hang out on deck and do whatever is yelled at me. Then later have a heart attack, or stroke and get slid off a board into the drink.....yehhhhh! I'd go see Davey Jones ! ( Not the one with the Monkeys. The ancient one. )


Do ya have a peg leg? Cause if’n ya had a peg leg I’m sure we could keep ya around. Somebody needs to be the cantankerous old fool that just yells jibberish and smells funny.
 
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Do ya have a peg leg? Cause if’n ya had a peg leg I’m sure we could keep ya around. Somebody needs to be the cantankerous old fool that just yells jibberish and smells funny.
Hmmm.... good idea. I'll stop by the galley and get rid of this bad one. Then use a chair leg or mast section. I'm in. Now go see Charlie Noble and tell him ta give ya my pipe !
 
Was thinking this is a great deal, then looking at the photos closely I notice that things like Anchors are missing. If things as simple as that are gone, I think its reasonable to assume that there will be a lot of shit missing- if its not called out in the ad, its not there. I wouldn't go near this without a comprehensive marine survey. Offer $100k contingent on passing acceptable survey.
 
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