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[j.sabourn]

#18... Cappy I joined one of Runcimans where J.P. Hogg was Master. I looked into his room to report in. The cabin was the usual in port crowded with all the bums and stiffs. I said in a loud voice is the Old man around.? . A figure came hurtling from nowhere and “ what do you mean the old man “. I am the master. It was rare to see JP angry and even though he was a family friend made no difference. However he was the only master I ever sailed with whoi insisted I studied . That was the first thing he taught me, it was the master on any ship. This title of captain is purely a complimentary title. Unless holding the Queens commission in a military force. Cheers JS

#11.. ENR was there , more than likely the master conveniently forgot to inform you of your choices, either that or he didn’t know himself. Maybe another good reason why they were all dispensed with later. JS

[cappy]

I was cook for a very short period on the Everards tanker Austility. Cannot remember why we sailed without a cook. The skipper asked me to do the job until they found one. This was better than working 5 on 5 off hand steering in a freezing cold wheelhouse. My speciality was opening tins , soup one day , sweet the next. Large bags of frozen chips , frozen burgers , frozen veg. All the cooking instructions were printed on the bags and tins. Didn't stay long , the coast was not for me , headed back to the sunshine.

#########WHAT NEE TATTY PEELIN ...lol..cappy

[j.sabourn]

#13... Cappy a bit belated ..that word chicanery do you have to pluck it before you can eat it ? JS

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi John.
Forgive him he's showing his age. If that came up on the quiz program out here it wouldn't be answered in twelve months.
Cappy probably goes into his counting house every day muttering Chicanery! Chicanery!

Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Hi John.
Forgive him he's showing his age. If that came up on the quiz program out here it wouldn't be answered in twelve months.
Cappy probably goes into his counting house every day muttering Chicanery! Chicanery!

Cheers Des

I think Des because of his Geordie accent what he was actually saying was 'she is canning me' refereeing no doubt to Mary who was most likely bashing him with her wooden leg.

[Louis the fly]

##always was taught a skipper might be the old man on a trawler or other small craft ....an old man on a larger vessel was a master....cappy

Captain Bates did not like being called master.

C/O V.D. Ward , call me Vince.

[Keith Tindell]

Much lower down the scale, but i found that when i was spoken to , i was referred as Tindell, which always annoyed me, a prefix of Mr would have been acceptable, i did not call the officers Sir, always Mr Mate etc, but just to be referred to by your surname always smacked of serfdom to me. In the fire service you were always referred to as Fireman Smith eg, or in todays modern era with female crew was Firefighter Smith, or by rank first. one wonders what the master would have thought if i referred to him as Jones for eg. I found in my day, 2hr trick on the wheel, and no one spoke to you other than , a request for course change, or heading etc, , was always the big divide, except when on the coasters, kt

[Keith at Tregenna]

I still meet up with ex staff at re-unions etc and they still address
me as Mr. Though I do keep saying Keith will suffice.

K.

[cappy]

Hi John.
Forgive him he's showing his age. If that came up on the quiz program out here it wouldn't be answered in twelve months.
Cappy probably goes into his counting house every day muttering Chicanery! Chicanery!

Cheers Des

###i learned what chicanery was when reading a seafarers book in which the old man had been accused of chicanery ........thinking it was some offence with a chicken i googled it ...and was suprised to see the true meaning of chicanery .....i must add many hours of reading at sea gave myself and im sure many others a decent education....still reading at least two books a week .......funnily enough one by boris johnson on churchill at the moment a very good read and full of fact and loads of humourus statements.....and plenty of chicanery .......cappy

[j.sabourn]

Chicanery, coquetry,barratry. Fancy getting accused of the three at the same time.! Like Institution, Constitution an pros(titution)perity. Thought you only read in sea yarns about Rum Bum and Baccy. Cheers JS
#27... Keith with a name like Tindell if you had been on an Indian ship the old topaz would have been dusting your shoes with the bisom he used for sweeping the decks. The Tindel is the Serangs understudy so to speak and pretty high up in the hierarchy .so would have been Tindell Sahib ! Cheers JS