The person most responsible for a vessel is known as the captain.
Captain is a term that comes from the Latin word capitanus and that allows the officer to be named below the rank of commander and higher than the lieutenant . At a general level, the concept is used to refer to the person who leads a troop, the commander of a warship and the military leader.
The captain is the person most responsible for a ship before the crew, passengers and authorities. This is the person in charge of directing the navigation, although with the support of other people. Nowadays, thanks to telecommunications , the captain also has the collaboration of the personnel on land.
Some example sentences: "The captain of the cruise ship will be tried for the oil spill since he took an unauthorized shipping route," "Please ask the captain how long it will take to reach the port," "The sailors are very far away. " "I like the new captain, a simple and kind man."
The captain as leader
Outside of sailing, the captain is the one who directs some crusade or project. In that sense, the term can be used as a synonym for leader : "Hundreds of volunteers from the NGO arrived in the town, led by a renowned pediatrician," "The captain of the bandits was caught a few kilometers from the scene."
In the field of sport , the captain is the one who represents the members of a team during the development of a competition . He generally acts as spokesperson for the rest of the players and is the only one who has the right to address the referee and judges. The captain is usually identified with a ribbon or some badge.
It should be noted that in the teams that compete in the Davis Cup tennis, unlike other sports, the captain is a coach or technical director, and not a player.
The captain is the one who leads a team or heads a project.
The term in fiction
"Captain Tsubasa" is the name of a manga and cartoon series of Japanese origin, created in 1981 by Yoichi Takahashi , a renowned cartoonist. It is about the life of Ozora , a virtuoso soccer player who discovers his passion from a very young age. Throughout the story, his path to the Japanese national team is narrated, which begins with his participation in the school team . Although the series uses many symbolic and fantastic elements, it places special emphasis on the importance of teamwork and friendship.
Another fictional character associated with the title of captain is Jack Sparrow , belonging to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series, in which he is played by the acclaimed American actor Johnny Depp . The first part of the saga was published in 2003 and, given its great success, several more films have been released. On the other hand, Captain Sparrow has also starred in various children's books that narrate his adolescence, belonging to the " Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow" series.
The captain of the Titanic
Edward John Smith is the name of the only captain of the Titanic and he is a character as famous as he is controversial. Thanks to the blockbuster film adaptation of the tragic story, made by James Cameron , millions of viewers who were unaware of the details of the sinking of the liner put a face to Captain Smith , and were able to feel his regret after the fatal accident that claimed the lives of so many people. . In the film, guilt drives him into a state of shock and he seems to lose the will to move on.
However, some versions suggest that it was not a series of absurd carelessness and lack of attention on the part of the captain and his crew , but rather that it was an authentic plot that sought to eliminate three well-defined characters who were opposed to the creation of the Federal Reserve : John Jacob Astor , Isador Strauss and Benjamin Guggenheim .