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Aurornis

> or find a way to keep human crew happy on long, slow voyages across the Pacific.

The few people I know who pursued jobs on boats did so because they liked being out at sea, away from land.

Combine that with the modern availability of high speed internet via Starlink and entertainment is not a problem.

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Spent 13 years at sea, loved every minute. I actually liked it better before phones and Internet came onboard.

What did you do with your time and enjoy?

Work out, read, video games, watch movies, play cards or chess, etc. Plenty to do!

> The few people I know who pursued jobs on boats did so because they liked being out at sea, away from land.

Maybe it wasn't just the land they were getting away from.

Not sure if you ever been at full sea. I was once, well I wasn’t working just visiting but it was kind of outer world feeling.

I lived by the sea my whole life so sea on its own was not much special for me but being on the ship anchored in the middle of water with no land in sight was just different.

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