OLD sea salts and veteran master mariners from the '70s and '80s would usually consider a very young ship captain to be an affront to the seafaring profession. Anyhow, they came from a time when a generation of seafarers would survive the wrath of the high oceans with decades of brunt, brawn and brains.
Capt. Angelo Panganiban CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
In the olden days, it would take seamen almost half of their lifetime to be promoted to captain.