Originally Posted by
Guppydriver95
As a current guppy cap and former wbfo I’ll tell you why. Because many people (myself included) feel like hammered horseapples after each and every oceanic crossing. Took me a whole day to feel human again. I don’t sleep well in the bunks, nor do I do well trying to sleep and wake up 10 or 12 time zones away. That’s the beauty of this place, all the options. And yes, I know how to manage, diet, exercise, alcohol intake etc. just the way it is.
Guys that can take a 5 hour nap on first break at 12 pm body time just flat out amaze me. Tip my cap to that skill.
I had way too many ‘restless’ breaks east of Japan in moderate chop caught up to me. Plus stumbling around London/Paris again after forcing myself awake from 3 hour nap caused the glamour to fade. Take a look at some of our senior skippers that flew LH for decades vs senior NB guys. It adds up.