Peter Williams

For a DHU to come up and make a statement and say he wasn’t qualified to do a job is ridiculous. How does he think you get qualified ? By getting a big injection in the bum ? The only way you get qualified at sea the same as some jobs ashore is by doing it. Most deck boys I knew would jump at the chance of going on the wheel or going over the side on a stage. Safety was not the issue it was just being misused the same as it is today in a lot of cases. Safety like beauty is in the eye of the beholder , anyone today with the shortage of labour on a ship coming out with the same old worn out excuses would be lbetter off leaving their gear on the quayside as they would soon be rejoining it. Cheers JWS.

John, in our days I doubt the words OHS had ben invented.

On one of the UCL liners there was a leak up forward and the chippy said he could fix it whist the ship was at sea.
Wanted to go, over the side with a length of canvas which he intended to fit to the ships side, not sure how, saying this would reduce the inflow of water.
he never did do it but was prepared until told the leak would hold until next port of call.

Elf n Saftee, wish we'd had them in the 1930's we could have told Hitler it was against the rules to make our houses disappear for HAS rules.

Glad they weren't around when I was at sea, would have missed the excitement of first trick at the wheel transitting a river or entering a port, climbing a mast in a gale, going overside on a Jacobs ladder over the bow, (bit different to going overside a pilot ladder midships), bilge diving (where was the excitement in that!), so many things we took in our stride as normal, but now need a 'risk assessment'

I was watching the West Australian programme "Outback Truckers " yesterday , the owner-operator was resplendent in his hi-vis orange and blue reflective shirt , as he crawled all over his 50 metre road train, total health and safety , except for the leather sandals, flip-flop style

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Originally Posted by robpage

I was watching the West Australian programme "Outback Truckers " yesterday , the owner-operator was resplendent in his hi-vis orange and blue reflective shirt , as he crawled all over his 50 metre road train, total health and safety , except for the leather sandals, flip-flop style

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Listen here cobber, we in the colonies are not bound by all this OHS crap.
We have to move the goods and that guy was over shod at the time.
These hi vis vests are now a fashion item so don't go giving him a hard time.

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Originally Posted by Ivan Cloherty

Hope you hid all the fire axes

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his name wasnt tommy hawks by any chance