Scaling three-story rope ladders up the sides of ships, memorizing every rock and current in a harbor, and narrowly avoiding catastrophic collisions with Captain Grant Livingstone, a retired harbor pilot. What do you do when your engine and anchors fail in heavy fog? And how do you dock a ship the size of the Empire State Building?Grant and his twin brother Captain George Livingstone co-authored the recent book <a href='https://www.nautinst.org/shop/shiphandling-the-beautiful-game.html'>Shiphandling, The Beautiful Game</a>.IF YOU LIKE THIS EPISODE: Check out what it's like to be a <a href='https://www.whatitsliketobe.com/2246914/episodes/15631575-a-long-haul-truck-driver'>long-haul trucker</a>, an <a href='https://www.whatitsliketobe.com/2246914/episodes/15356296-an-ocean-lifeguard'>ocean lifeguard</a>, or a <a href='https://www.whatitsliketobe.com/2246914/episodes/15858893-a-london-cabbie'>London cabbie</a>.Learn more about <a href="https://storycorps.org/stories/">StoryCorps</a> and the <a href="https://www.storypreservation.org">Story Preservation Initiative</a> at their websites.GOT A COMMENT OR SUGGESTION? Email us at jobs@whatitslike.com WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW? Leave us a voicemail at (919) 213-0456. We’ll ask you to answer two questions: 1. What’s a word or phrase that only someone from your profession would be likely to know and what does it mean? 2. What’s a specific story you tell your friends that happened on the job? It could be funny, sad, anxiety-making, pride-inducing or otherwise. We can’t respond to every message, but we do listen to all of them! We’ll follow up if it's a good fit.

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