Sanctions.

[j.sabourn]

Further to your query about some of my remarks re various shipping I experienced. Let me say there is no way in this world would I have made if still working as would have been unemployable by certain people. Let me also say that being retired and with no further employment expected there is no reason to not speak the truth as I see it. Others may disagree with what I say that is their choice. The only people who know the truth of some of the incidents I have spoken of are myself and those involved. I like many others was a good company servant with some companies I worked for, but see no reason why cannot come out with my experiences of the not too well perfumed others. We have all had similar experiences at sea, but as regards who your employer was that is where the similiarity ceases. Regards John Sabourn

[cappy]

with reference to shipowners I never had dealings with myself being galley boy cook steward deckhand but I can speak for the members of my family one instant the greedy shipowners was to phone my granda in jersey while he was loading cases of tomatoes and asked him how many boxes of toms he could get on deck he answered they then told him get more he said they were not on the quayside they said wait they are at a premium he said I will miss the tide they said wait eventully the toms cameand he said we wont make the tide they sai give it a go he did hit ...............he hit the bar the deck toms all over the harbour the Newcastle shipowner then sacked ....but if he hadn't tried they would have sacked him for not trying a no win situation this was a top rate seaman awarded for bravery sacked for greed he was my mentor and great friend I sailed with him from10 year old that was Newcastle ship shipowners the master was notunder god the shipowners were regards cappy