S2:E119-1 | Capt. Chuck Galer | Part 1

03/09/24 • 59 min

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Captain Chuck Galer joins me on the show to chat through a career that's lasted over four decades. His career began in the early 80s at the National River Academy in Arkansas, landed a job on deck with Dravo Mechling in the northeast, followed his parents to Mobile, AL, found himself working for Compass Marine, and has been working in the Gulf ever since. A few changes over the years landed him at Ingram where we first met.

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In this episode of Between the Levees, I'm joined by Ms. Taylor O'Brien, a SUNY grad that found her way across the Atlantic. With educational and professional tracks well outside the levees, she found herself in the barging world with a shoreside job that began in mid-2021. Her developing appreciation for the inland and western rivers has been supplemented, thankfully, by this very podcast. We dive into her childhood sailing on Long Island Sound, her early college career playing lacrosse before the jump to SUNY Maritime, her sea terms in school, memories of 9/11, an early career at sea, and her life since coming shoreside.

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S2:E119-2 | Capt. Chuck Galer | Part 2

Our conversation continues. Captain Chuck shares another handful of stories accumulated over the years on the water, mentions a few names that I hope to one day host on the show, and his daughter's cat checks in with us.