I did a ten-day tour with Buddy DeFranco over Thanksgiving 1985 (was it that long ago?!). We left from Ft. Lauderdale and went to the Yucatan, Colombia, Jamaica and Panama, including going through the Panama Canal. What a blast! Thanks for reminding me!
I don't know if things have changed, but when I was on the ships, it was a lot of food, booze, drugs, casual sex, and really bad shows. Crappy paycheck at the end of the week. Lather, rinse, repeat.
When I read these threads it seems all they pay is ?2000 a month. That's about $461 a week before tax. Can't you make that here? I would really love to do one of these jobs but to be paid about what I am getting here (about $400 net for three gigs a week) and have to be away so long and apparently live in quarters like an 18th century pirate always puts on the brakes.
I don't know if things have changed, but when I was on the ships, it was a lot of food, booze, drugs, casual sex, and really bad shows. Crappy paycheck at the end of the week. Lather, rinse, repeat.
