LIFE AT SEA, and everywhere else !

Adventures from around the world

The big adventure...

It was a big adventure as a kid - looks like I copped a 'shiner'? The three brass buttons on our cuffs were called 'snotties' - to stop...

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Sep 26, 2020

The 'Meat Cleaver' man !

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Sep 25, 2020

"When the Ship Hits the Fan" Didn't take me too long to figure out that a uniform was a valuable piece of equipment - even with no gold...

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Sep 22, 2020

My first mingling with passengers Aramac was a passenger/cargo ship and very popular. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! It was a...

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Sep 21, 2020

"When the Ship hits the Fan" My first two ships...and my last two ships! Quite a contrast!

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Sep 20, 2020

Honda 750/4 - great bike and we could buy them cheaply in Ueno, Tokyo. Went around every country on Victorian number plates! Thats it on...

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Sep 19, 2020

Page 61: "When the Ship hits the Fan" Wahine Salvage Wahine was a nice looking ship for its day - quite a tragedy with 50 people lost. I...

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Sep 18, 2020

First 'proper' job: un-certificated 4th Mate- about as low down the totem pole as you can get!

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Sep 17, 2020

My first ship, and the swimming pool that was made up on sea passages!

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Sep 12, 2020