2007-09-12 02:01:24 · 4 answers · asked by Dawnita R 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Manning the rails sucks! I had to do it for 25 years and never liked it. Yes it was to show the locals you were friendly, now it is to look nice coming into port. It does look good to the people waiting on the pier but having to stand in freezing weather for 30 minutes in dress uniform more than once in a great while gets old really fast. Even better was the time the USS Iowa (big battleship) had to man the rails in the middle of the Atlantic so an admiral could show off to a general and a couple of senators. Isn't politics great!
2007-09-12 08:02:37 · answer #1 · answered by bmcbrewer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they should and the ones who leave messages like the one above, need someone to "explain" how to take a call. Men are not stupid, some are however passive aggressive and just won't do anything they don't want to and those are the ones like don;t deserve the wives they seem to end up with.
2016-05-17 21:20:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
It dates back to the days of showing peaceful intentions coming into port; if the crew is all up on deck they aren't below manning the guns........
2007-09-12 02:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-09-12 06:12:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋