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A sailor is a person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists in their operation, maintenance, or service. The term can apply to professional mariners, military personnel, and recreational sailors as well as a plethora of other uses. Etymologically, the name preserves the memory of the time when ships were commonly powered by sails, but it applies to the personnel of all vessels, whatever their mode of locomotion. This is how to be one.

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    Learn about sailors Decide if the following conditions are good for you
    • Mariners spend extended periods at sea. Most deep-sea mariners are hired for one or more voyages that last for several months. There is no job security after that. The length of time between voyages varies by job availability and personal preference
    • Mariners work in all weather conditions. Working in damp and cold conditions often is inevitable, although ships try to avoid severe storms while at sea. It is uncommon for modern vessels to suffer disasters such as fire, explosion, or a sinking. Yet workers face the possibility of having to abandon ship on short notice if it collides with other vessels or runs aground. Mariners also risk injury or death from falling overboard and from hazards associated with working with machinery, heavy loads, and dangerous cargo. However, modern safety management procedures
    • However, most newer vessels are air conditioned, soundproofed from noisy machinery, and equipped with comfortable living quarters. These amenities have helped ease the sometimes difficult circumstances of long periods away from home. Also, modern communications, especially email, link modern mariners to their families.
    • Some mariners dislike the long periods away from home and the confinement aboard ship. They consequently leave the profession.
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    Train Working sails. Sailors are able to close and open at the minute. Have some person blow air in the sail and have another person squirt water in the sail as a sailor must be able to open and close even in harsh condition.
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    Train using a rudder. Train until you can easily turn left in right. Sailors have to take turns steering for awhile. Have someone jump in front of you so you can turn away quickly. If a foreign object is in front you have to move away quickly or your toast.
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    Be accustomed to eating salted meat and biscuits. Most sailors have to eat heavily salted fish or beef. For a side most sailors normally have biscuits.

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  • All ships have a chance of sinking

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