Show ON A MACKEREL SCHOONER dolly dily routine in the life of the clou glou cester fishermen the routine life on a mackerel schooner is not strenuous the crew consists of 14 men a skipper and cook two men constitute a watch one aloft as a lookout the other at the wheel so that each man has two hours on duty and then 12 hours off before his turn comes around again during this period he may be called on to shorten sail wash the deck or to perform other work half of the crew have their bunks forward with the cook who is king ot of the forecast tie and the rest sleep aft with the captain we were assigned to a double bunk aft where we were not troubled with galley smells but had to be on our good behavior all the frolics and revels were forward the crew ate in two shifts the older men with the skipper travel magazine |