Talk:Cabin boy

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To my knowledge, Cabin Boy is not a current position. Unless anyone believes otherwise, I will move to Maritime History instead of Marine Occupations. Pesco 17:49, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter, current or not. It is the name of an occupation, but, as you say, of  "Defunct occupations" `'mikkanarxi 18:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, although I was trying to edit Category:Marine occupations to be modern. Any good way to differentiate modern occupations vs historical ones, so both don't come up when someone's looking for modern career information? Pesco 20:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think the term cabin boy was the correct male version of

"stewardess" whereas today they're "flight attendants". Cutelyaware (talk) 05:46, 1 June 2015 (UTC)

Age
The article says "not necessarily a minor" but what is the oldest recorded age?--Jack Upland (talk) 07:58, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Non-notable group listed; will be removed
Under the heading "Popular culture", one entry is "Renaissance Festival, The Cabin Boys, Pirate Fire Comedy act from Minnesota". The link just resolves to the Wiki on Renaissance Fairs. Sorry, Cabin Boys, but I doubt very much that you meet WP:N. Unless one can provide compelling evidence for their retention, I'm going to remove that listing. Bricology (talk) 00:13, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Cabin boy vs Captain's servant
The admirals listed in the article were "captain's servants" and not cabin boys. "When one reads of a distinguished naval officer having been "a captain's servant," it does not mean that he blacked the captain's boots, mixed his grog, and emptied his slops, but that he entered the service under a captain's protection. Nelson was a "captain's servant" to Captain Maurice Suckling on the guard ship at Chatham, but he was very far from being Captain Suckling's flunkey. The system was bad, and much abused, but it lingered until 1794, when it was abolished [...]." (John Masefield, Sea life in Nelson's times, 1905) Captain's servants were "aspirants", would-be midshipmen. שמחה (talk) 03:43, 5 April 2021 (UTC)