Baker, Jerome. Recording of Captain Jerome Baker talking about Marystown Shipyard and a life of maritime work.

• Other Authors: Baker, Jerome
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Work; Ships; Beaufort Sea; Bonavista Bay; Killer Whale; Newfoundland; peregrine falcon; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_en/id/1183

Captain Jerome Baker talks about Marystown Shipyard, maritime work, going to sea, and retirement. 00:00:Jerome Baker, 66 years old, September 21, 2019, Maddox Cove; 00:42: Marystown Shipyard, black squad, labour work, welding course, plater, Wayne Stapleton, old barge, safety, Pat Ennis, strength, rescue; 04;55: enjoyed work, something missing, no future; 05:38; going to sea, Gerard Butler, nautical sciences, Fisheries College; 06:00; 1975, 4 year nautical science program, bulk carriers, oceanography, 1983, master mariner, Dome Petroleum, Beaufort Sea, 1983, Husky Marine Services, 1988 Maersk Supply Services, 2 platform supply vessels, Maersk Norseman, Maersk Nascopie;08:54 David Bates; 09:30: First Marystown master mariner captain offshore boat, different certification process;11:45: Becoming captain of Norseman, Chris Bailey; 15:15: Christening of Norseman, proud to be selected, challenge, new business, big event for Maersk;18:01:Norseman, features, role, capability, multi-purpose vessel, excellent sea boat, 20 years few issues; 23;00: Maersk Supply, A P Moller, give charterer( Hibernia Management) what they wanted; 24:00; Interesting episodes, Marystown, shoe-and-tell St John’s, Europe, first job, 7 km flow line, GPS coordinates, ROV; 27:34: Hibernia charter, media, iceberg towing; 31:06; Smithsonian, iceberg cowboy, Wall Street Journal; 32:33: GemmaVac gondola system, unfortunate accident; 41:11: Norseman powerful boat, station keeping, 60-70 knots of wind, wind 120-133 knots, waves 80 to over 100 feet, hove too, jogging, wave hit bottom of Hibernia platform; 43:41: wildlife observers, whales, sunfish, sharks, peregrine falcon, bird book, snowy owls; 46;40: killer whale; 49:20: sunfish, turtle, shark at OLS line;51:00: 17-18 years, many different people on boat, Wade Frampton, Gary Doyle; 52:41: 5% not good workers, captain involved in crew issues, unions, human resources, human rights, transferred not fired;54:58:rew, Marystown, Burin, Grand Bank, St Lawrence, Bonavista Bay, Fogo, south and west coasts, ...