International date line

[john mc dermott]

Anyone miss out on Christmas day crossing the line.

[Johnny Kieran]

No, but I think a few Sundays at sea may have been lost, due to conniving skippers over the years.

[j.sabourn]

Certainly never got an extra one going the other way. JS
Now if it had been the equator all one would have to do was to fill your washbasin up and pull the plug , continue doing so until the escaping water swirled the opposite way going down the plug hole in the northern hemisphere it would have been anti clockwise and clockwise in the southern hemisphere clockwise, if Im wrong then it’s the other way round.
JS.

[j.sabourn]

Well tomorrow in approximately 15 hours time on Christmas Day in the morning ( at approx
0700 hrs on the 25 December 2023.) if I come to singing “ I saw 3 ships come sailing by “ ,
I have no doubt they will be the first 3 out of the many I sailed on which cover 6 years sea time , should be the Avonmoor, the Glenmoor, and the Hazelmoor . So merry xmas in advance and hope I don’t wake up seasick . Cheers JS.

[Michael Black]

Anyone miss out on Christmas day crossing the line.

Not Christmas but I did "miss" my birthday one trip
Regards Michael

[j.sabourn]

You would have missed more if you had been born in a leap year on the 29 feb. Michael and crossed in a leap year and did it twice, that would have made you 10 years younger today . How are you feeling ? Cheers JS.

[Michael Black]

Feeling fine John thanks, could do with knocking 10 years off. All the best everyone, enjoy your Christmas.
Regards Michael