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Under Season 1 — Terrible name but an excellent deckhand.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
Sure enough, just as deckhand Otto Knottnerus turned on his camera, the whales leaped out of the water – at exactly the same time, in sync with one another.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 3 Dec. 2024
The captain and a deckhand had been rescued earlier in the week after the boat became stranded, Hawley indicated.
—Alex Nitzberg, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
Our deckhands are Keith from Melbourne, who’s worked on smaller sailboats for five years, and Emma, who has only been in yachting for a year.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024
Sure enough, just as deckhand Otto Knottnerus turned on his camera, the whales leaped out of the water – at exactly the same time, in sync with one another.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 3 Dec. 2024
The captain and a deckhand had been rescued earlier in the week after the boat became stranded, Hawley indicated.
—Alex Nitzberg, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2024
Our deckhands are Keith from Melbourne, who’s worked on smaller sailboats for five years, and Emma, who has only been in yachting for a year.
—Emma Soren, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Deckhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deckhand. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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deckhand
noun
deck·hand
ˈdek-ˌhand 
: a sailor who performs manual duties
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