Complex sentence: Rinnan has been a sailor since 1958, and a captain for 23 years, he said of the incident: "" I have seen most of what there is to see in this profession, but what I experienced on this trip is the worst.
Split into simpler sentences: Rinnan has been a sailor since 1958, and a captain for 23 years. He said of the incident: "" I have seen most of what there is to see in this profession, but what I experienced on this trip is the worst.