hatch boards

[j.sabourn]

My suggested minimum manning of a ship nowadays would be Master Mate 2 Mate, 6 seamen, Cook. Steward. 3 engineers Total 14. At present on the type of vessel I am visualizing total manning is 9. This is cutting to the bone the manning of a vessel. The total of 9 crew members is totally unsafe by even todays standards. 14 is smaller than would like, but to go to 9 is ridiculous in most cases. This would only be experienced seafarers as well. any junior ratings would be a bonus on top of the 14. JS

[Red Lead Ted]

Yeh Ron rigging the jumbo was hard yakka at times for sure and still recall the way you take the twist out of the falls after the runner has been stretched hey. Get a bloody large bar and turn the lower block until all the twists are out of the falls. Then undo the dead eye and watch the fecker spin. Then add a couple more turns then all should be ship shape. The trick was not to get to close when undoing the dead eye hey.

Les, How right you are mate, Another job I have seen certain seaman shirk was the simple task of topping the sticks as they went aloft you could bet your bottom dollar the guys blocks would snag and the union purchase would be twisted inside themselves as you know you couldn't shackle the guys to the deck until they were untangled amazing how many seaman would get in a fluster watching them raise up and not knowing what to do. It all came down to patience stay calm have a good look at your blocks and things always ended up perfect. Good health cobber Terry.

[Red Lead Ted]

you got me going now ron rigging the jumbo we used to have to drag all the blocks out of the mast house and get them aloft hell of ajob but i loved it proper seamans workcheers ron

Will, Don't forget the first task was to remove the French letter ? Marian I kid you not hun Terry.

[Bev Summerill]

The ED ships with hatch boards or steel pontoons which were a right b........rd in a surf port always carried tents and often we would sail between ports with them up.macgregors were a godsend

Bev Summerill R754471

[Ron Kendall]

Forget about a Cook on some ships, you microwave your own ready meal! no washing up, they come in a disposable plastic tray.

[gray_marian]

#37, 'Forget about a cook' Can you imagine Ken....... Bunged up in no time I should think [No nutritional value whatsoever]

[Charlie Hannah]

No worries about hatchboards here have a deco at this lot.

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[j.sabourn]

#9... Must have been left out overnight in the rain... gone all rusty.. JS

[happy daze john in oz]

#37, 'Forget about a cook' Can you imagine Ken....... Bunged up in no time I should think [No nutritional value whatsoever]

No Marian, they have disposable bags to put the used dishes in.

[happy daze john in oz]

My suggested minimum manning of a ship nowadays would be Master Mate 2 Mate, 6 seamen, Cook. Steward. 3 engineers Total 14. At present on the type of vessel I am visualizing total manning is 9. This is cutting to the bone the manning of a vessel. The total of 9 crew members is totally unsafe by even todays standards. 14 is smaller than would like, but to go to 9 is ridiculous in most cases. This would only be experienced seafarers as well. any junior ratings would be a bonus on top of the 14. JS

You could well be right John but the fact is so much of shipping today is automated thta a ship can sail with as few as 8 crew. But the problem is that in abreakdown it may not be possible to fix the problem, machinery is now so complex that it requires a specialist or a complete changeg over of the broken part.