Word: crewed
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...trillions of dollars in family money, the skills of an unsurpassed prodigy, or a willingness to expose oneself the harshest of nature’s elements, peeling the skin off of one’s own palms and repeatedly pushing a plank through water (otherwise known as crew). Most of us, however, choose to work very, very hard. While generally regarded as a positive characteristic, this drive to work also makes us susceptible to tendencies of excess. As a necessary counter to the detrimental effects of an obsessive work ethic, we should welcome the enforced break of an unstructured...
...Central Series regattas provide a great opportunity to race a bunch of other teams without having to travel too far,” Jumper said. It was pretty rainy and windy out on the Charles this weekend, and we had to wait for the crew regatta to finish up, but it was nice to be sailing at home and with some different lineups than usual...
While the pirates are attacking ships farther and farther away, suggesting greater sophistication on their part, merchant marine crews too are looking more closely at the tools they have at their disposal - or, at any rate, are conducting more rigorous training to respond to pirate attacks. The crew of Phillips' ship, the Maersk Alabama, for example, indicated that they had trained for precisely this scenario and attributed their success to training that Capt. Phillips had given them before their latest trip. They said they were kept on the ship well after it arrived at port in Mombasa after escaping...
...occasional helplessness of the crews - and a new wave of attacks in recent days despite the presence of an international flotilla off Somalia - has led some experts to demand that they be armed in case of attack. On Monday, Gortney told CNN that in addition to beefing up ship defenses on their vessels, shipping companies should deploy armed guards on ships that may come under threat. But such a move has many opponents, who argue that most crews are not properly trained to handle weapons, and such a decision would butt up against the laws of dozens of nations, which...
...ships have been patrolling the Gulf of Aden as part of a multinational task force. "We'd like to implore President Obama to use all his resources and increase the commitment to ending this Somali pirate scourge," said Murphy, the Maersk Alabama's second-in-command. "Wake up. This crew was lucky to be out of it with every one of us alive, we're not going to be that lucky again...