Joe Franta. Ship

Joe Franta. Ship

This Channel intends to take the viewer into the world of the U.S. Merchant Mariner. See what life is like at sea. Follow my career from the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training all the way to my current ship. This is the best job in the world, and I want to take you along for the ride! Thanks for stopping by.

LAKE CHARLES TIME LAPSE

LAKE CHARLES TIME LAPSE

JOE FRANTA SHIP TRAILER

JOE FRANTA SHIP TRAILER

BLACK GOLD - JEFF HATTERBAN

BLACK GOLD - JEFF HATTERBAN

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  • @paulkuras18
    @paulkuras1847 минут бұрын

    Thank you Nate for your service

  • @paulkuras18
    @paulkuras1855 минут бұрын

    Actually if you have a good one he’s a saviour because everybody loves good food shitty days and with good food and a few shots of rum and beer but cooks the board ships are some of the best and some of the worse but they go overboard just kidding

  • @cbstevp
    @cbstevp55 минут бұрын

    My uncle was almost killed on a Great Lakes boat 20 years ago during loading operations. I don't know exactly what went wrong but a heavy hook on a crane fell and hit him on the shoulder, cracking his shoulder, collarbone, his upper arm, and two vertebrae in his back. He was in hospital for many weeks, and then rehab, and suffered pain for years. His career on the boats was over. He told me once when having a drink if he had been standing one inch to the left the hook would have hit him on the head and killed him outright.

  • @DEADLOK69
    @DEADLOK69Сағат бұрын

    You almost look like the legendary R&B singer Nick Ashford. God Bless His Soul.🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @christopherlong7604
    @christopherlong7604Сағат бұрын

    That’s awesome all my god last day of cruise

  • @ryanfischer6550
    @ryanfischer65502 сағат бұрын

    Nate seems like the life blood of the ship in more ways than one. Liking this concept Joe, be nice to go around the ship and catch real world people doing real world things. Like I’d love to know a Nate backstory, how he got on a ship, was he a chef before? Does he have formal culinary training or was it home grown?

  • @rachelhancock5279
    @rachelhancock52793 сағат бұрын

    I like how you put the valley camp in the vid

  • @clongdiver
    @clongdiver4 сағат бұрын

    …”modern times. I’m aware women and children don’t go first anymore” Is that true? Do other men out there think this way? I couldn’t take a seat on a lifeboat knowing a child didn’t have a seat b/c of me. Survivors guilt hell for sure, no thank you! I thought that was weird comment, not that it affected my enjoyment of the video. Very cool vid! Looks like fun job.

  • @user-gu3cw4fz9k
    @user-gu3cw4fz9k4 сағат бұрын

    Great Video 👍

  • @andrewwescott7952
    @andrewwescott79524 сағат бұрын

    How big was his crew ? Guy loves his job for sure, respect.

  • @OO-xc7zg
    @OO-xc7zg4 сағат бұрын

    Thanks! 👍👍 Be well🌞

  • @OO-xc7zg
    @OO-xc7zg5 сағат бұрын

    Thanks Nate! Great job man👍👍 ~ Be well 🌞

  • @spx2327
    @spx23275 сағат бұрын

    Nate is a hero! Period! 🦾🦾🦾

  • @darrellpearson2236
    @darrellpearson22365 сағат бұрын

    This guy is a TOTAL ROCK STAR!!! I would love to be on his ship!!! He really cares..just saying!!

  • @patrickbuzzo1970
    @patrickbuzzo19706 сағат бұрын

    I saw some vehicles; because there are people from U.K. and U.S.A , how do you drive there? Is the steering wheel on the left side or right side ?

  • @rogergoltz6672
    @rogergoltz66727 сағат бұрын

    I worked on the great lakers for 30 years best food ever 👍

  • @MarcusGoodwyn
    @MarcusGoodwyn7 сағат бұрын

    What a cool dude

  • @boodini6711
    @boodini67119 сағат бұрын

    THIS VIDEO SUCK YOU TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT PAY

  • @SwissMarksman
    @SwissMarksman9 сағат бұрын

    Thank you for the insight. Fantastic video!

  • @eltsennestle998
    @eltsennestle9989 сағат бұрын

    5 porn mags for those internet-free hours, 3 bottle of hand lotion, and a battery powered Chess Wizard game.

  • @kab7724
    @kab772411 сағат бұрын

    That guy with the toboggan getting his plate❤️ He looked so happy. GOD bless🙏

  • @edjohn6521
    @edjohn652111 сағат бұрын

    So glade they got a gym

  • @ddewcifer
    @ddewcifer12 сағат бұрын

    so funny that i find this channel as i start looking into how to join the merchant marines

  • @xGoodOldSmurfehx
    @xGoodOldSmurfehx13 сағат бұрын

    Damn even on the seas if i had a boy like Nate making some of that good food? I could go on for a quite a while :D

  • @keenanwilliams7278
    @keenanwilliams727813 сағат бұрын

    Ayee 🔥 video much respect to yall... me and Williams got same last name ...aye U sound like u from Florida...if either 1 of yall in Memphis Tn... hmu... I be more then happy to see show u around... now I can show ya how to get them hoes...mane u got me tripping at the end ya dig....I just left jersey last month ...HMU IF YA NEED THAT EHH

  • @ahmari311
    @ahmari3115 сағат бұрын

    Florida boi jakk , im hollywood bruh

  • @dougkeirnes4540
    @dougkeirnes454014 сағат бұрын

    This video was so well done. Man! You are very good at this. Congrats

  • @usssaratogacv3lefevre978
    @usssaratogacv3lefevre97814 сағат бұрын

    Hi Joe, have watched all vlog videos plus some of the others. Great stuff! Going back too your playlist and watch them all.

  • @DESYLIOUS1
    @DESYLIOUS115 сағат бұрын

    He's doing a fantastic job, like the crew. However, it would be nice if they upgraded his kitchen.

  • @JohnSmith-dr7le
    @JohnSmith-dr7le17 сағат бұрын

    Ok Ocean Gladiator I was on the Ocean Glory and the Ocean Freedom...

  • @pharmajoe990
    @pharmajoe99018 сағат бұрын

    I’m sure it’s not all glamorous but looks like good honest work. Nate seems like a great guy to work with

  • @AbabAbaba-hp6mz
    @AbabAbaba-hp6mz21 сағат бұрын

    always wanted to get a job like that it was a dream

  • @TheRightONe-et3gh
    @TheRightONe-et3gh21 сағат бұрын

    Everybody knows the cook is the most important guy on a ship.

  • @Optimusprimerib36
    @Optimusprimerib3622 сағат бұрын

    This was pretty great

  • @frogmorepipester7490
    @frogmorepipester749022 сағат бұрын

    Old Spice. Great videos

  • @frogmorepipester7490
    @frogmorepipester749023 сағат бұрын

    Nate making it happen, whilst rocking and rolling. Maritime making the World go round. Cheers from the South Carolina Lowcountry.

  • @leannashaberly8386
    @leannashaberly838623 сағат бұрын

    13 July 2024 The SAM LAUD is still active on the Great Lakes. It has just been seen on the Stream Time Live camera, @ Marine City, Michigan, upbound to Port Dolomite / Cedarville, Michigan, in Lake Huron, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. @00:47:00+. In another couple of hours it will go through Port Huron, Michigan & be seen on their Port Huron River Cam on the St. Clair River.

  • @chip9177
    @chip9177Күн бұрын

    I wouldn't care how long it takes to unload - not hard duty, good weather & getting paid. Could be doing much worse things

  • @DerrithWieman
    @DerrithWiemanКүн бұрын

    Depending on your hair: comb or brush. If long enough to need them: hair elastics. Tarred 9 strand works in a pinch

  • @cnevle
    @cnevleКүн бұрын

    What a great slice of life - thanks!

  • @c1d2e
    @c1d2eКүн бұрын

    8:58 One well used Buck 110 folding Hunter knife.

  • @chip9177
    @chip9177Күн бұрын

    Voyage, cargo & offload port compliments of the US taxpayer

  • @markandera
    @markanderaКүн бұрын

    Does anyone wear the traditional Merchant Marine hats anymore or is that entirely a thing of the past?

  • @maltaconvoy
    @maltaconvoyКүн бұрын

    Excellent content. My parents are from northeast Ohio, so the Great Lakes shipping industry is of great interest to me. Thanks for the inside look, Joe! 👍🏻

  • @blublum7916
    @blublum7916Күн бұрын

    12:01 is the best line I've ever heard! Equality people, welcome to the fun zone

  • @davidponseigo8811
    @davidponseigo8811Күн бұрын

    The Stewards of ships are like the mess hall or gallery cooks for the military. Those guys are the real heroes !

  • @andrewmcbride8162
    @andrewmcbride8162Күн бұрын

    great work, keep on keepin' on friend

  • @geegeelast7597
    @geegeelast7597Күн бұрын

    This is simply amazing. Thanks for the post.

  • @witless999
    @witless999Күн бұрын

    movies = porn

  • @shawngoulding5085
    @shawngoulding5085Күн бұрын

    I've been watching cruise videos for a couple of months now with the anticipation building for a couple of cruises I have booked in November. Most of them are fairly similar and make me feel a bit like I'm already cruising. Dude, you're video hit a completely different level. It's absolutely epic. Great work, and kudos on your experience and living life your way!

  • @powderriver2424
    @powderriver2424Күн бұрын

    I jave two friends one went to the merchant marine academy, he has been hugley successful the other he went somewhere to learn, he is part of engineering I know he is making good coin. The pros and cons to any job, you mentioned trucking, I loved driving a truck in the early 90's through the early 2000's, however I ve recently retired after 28 year of driving. I loved being a trucker I just loved the job, until the last 5 years it has become hell. I can see the life of a sailor personally I love the water growing up on the Puget Sound I suppose I could have gone either way, but doing a job your passionate about really makes life easier theres not enough time in a life to be salty about working, personally it wrecks morale when you have to work around anger all the time.