Burnout at sea

La possibilità di un'isola

Last night a new guy came in the crew house I am staying in. A young, apparently healthy and fit guy with a nice smile like many in the superyacht industry. I guessed he was looking for place to stay and for a job on a yacht but after a little while I started noticing that he had some difficulty walking and standing. He was wandering around the house purposeless. It turned out that he was completely drunk so we helped him to find his way to the bed and have a deep rest. From the few information we collected, we understood that he was crewing a boat and then he suddenly left to go to a bar to get drunk and find a place to stay. This morning a colleague from the same yacht came to pick him up and bring him back. It was evident to me that…

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