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The captain is a local guide, the first mate is the chef, and the nightly rate includes housekeeping, meals, drinks, snorkel equipment, and more.
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Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2023
The captain's descriptions of goings-on aboard the ship begin ordinarily enough, but within days of being at sea, the ship's first mate disappeared, and before long the crew and passengers were being picked off one by one each night.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
Unaware that Dracula is onboard, the captain writes how, over the course of their journey, crew members went missing until just he and the first mate were left on the Demeter.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Aug. 2023
The captain, Daniel Couch, his first mate and Captain Pip’s Marina and Hideaway didn’t respond Thursday to requests for comment from The Post.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
Built in 1983 by its former captains, the Schooner Heritage is now owned and sailed by its former first mate, Capt. Ben Welzenbach, and former chef, Capt. Sean Grimes.
—Hilary Nangle, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2023
Klaus is Zissou’s emotionally fragile first mate, a role that Dafoe digs into with real exuberance.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 June 2023
Though it's been a while since viewers saw Daisy and first mate Gary King canoodling in Parsifal III's hot tub last season, Daisy's decision to act on her long-simmering attraction to his newly single wingman Colin came as a surprise.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
My manager JoAnne Colonna , Jennifer Plant, and my best first mate Jeannie.
—Country Living Staff, Country Living, 13 Mar. 2023
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Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2023
The captain's descriptions of goings-on aboard the ship begin ordinarily enough, but within days of being at sea, the ship's first mate disappeared, and before long the crew and passengers were being picked off one by one each night.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
Unaware that Dracula is onboard, the captain writes how, over the course of their journey, crew members went missing until just he and the first mate were left on the Demeter.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Aug. 2023
The captain, Daniel Couch, his first mate and Captain Pip’s Marina and Hideaway didn’t respond Thursday to requests for comment from The Post.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
Built in 1983 by its former captains, the Schooner Heritage is now owned and sailed by its former first mate, Capt. Ben Welzenbach, and former chef, Capt. Sean Grimes.
—Hilary Nangle, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2023
Klaus is Zissou’s emotionally fragile first mate, a role that Dafoe digs into with real exuberance.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 June 2023
Though it's been a while since viewers saw Daisy and first mate Gary King canoodling in Parsifal III's hot tub last season, Daisy's decision to act on her long-simmering attraction to his newly single wingman Colin came as a surprise.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
My manager JoAnne Colonna , Jennifer Plant, and my best first mate Jeannie.
—Country Living Staff, Country Living, 13 Mar. 2023
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“First mate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20mate. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
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