MV Otaio

[Gary Jones (2)]

Hi Terry.
I know it’s been a while since this chain of posts was last added-to, but my question is, do you still offer a copy of the Otaio DVD for a donation to a blind charity? I was a deck cadet on the Otaio for two voyages in 1969/70 and have very fond memories of it.😀
Kind regards
Gary (Jones)

[Ronnie Grant]

Hi from Havelock North. My drinking mate was Andy Hopkins from Ayrshire and one time engineer on Otaio. Our pub was the Occidental in Vulcan lane Auckland.
Andy crossed the bar some years ago suffering from a brain tumour. Regards.

[John Bulkeley]

Shona, could the young cadet have been Graham Stuart-Jones? My father John (Tim) Bulkeley was a cadet on that voyage. Very sad.

[Tony Williams]

Shona, could the young cadet have been Graham Stuart-Jones? My father John (Tim) Bulkeley was a cadet on that voyage. Very sad.

Only just found this. Might be getting my wires crossed with a much earlier incident. A cadet, John Donner, was tragically killed when a gantline parted whilst working aloft on a derrick. This was in ‘72 - he was part of the same intake as myself. Can’t remember the other names mentioned at all so think the original posts might be about the earlier incident.