past times @ sea.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

I recall the story of a Castle line steward who murdered a passenger he was `fraternising` with and pushed her body through a port. Remember the case ? Brian W.

Hi Brian.
I think that was the Gay Gibson case, cant remember if he killed her or she had a seizure and he panicked and pushed her out the porthole.
Cheers Des

[happy daze john in oz]

On bosrd the 'Paparoa' in the middle of the Indian ocean and a movie would be put on. All crew not working up on deck to watch. The screen was an old one and the movie could be seen from either side. Deckies on one side, engineers and catreing on the other.

The nomeward bound we had to sit and watch about 15 minutes of the Beatles and their arrival at Essendon airport and journey to the city centre. The skipper Cpt. North was a mad movie film maker and he told us he had filmed this for his daughter back home.

[Ivan Cloherty]

And there`s more, ........
Brian.

Now he's turned into Jimmy Cricket!

[Alan Sharp]

On bosrd the 'Paparoa' in the middle of the Indian ocean and a movie would be put on. All crew not working up on deck to watch. The screen was an old one and the movie could be seen from either side. Deckies on one side, engineers and catreing on the other.

The nomeward bound we had to sit and watch about 15 minutes of the Beatles and their arrival at Essendon airport and journey to the city centre. The skipper Cpt. North was a mad movie film maker and he told us he had filmed this for his daughter back home.

A more recent occurrence was in the early eighties on a Sea Containers ship bound from Bermuda to the States when the Filiplno Chief Mate stabbed the British master, killing him and throwing his body overboard. The mate was overpowered by the rest of the crew and handed over to the police in the States. I never did find out what happened after that.
While in Miami in 1983 the cook from Pancaribe chased an AB from Panatlantic along the Quay with carving knives. Fortunately or unfortunately for the AB, he ran straight into the arms of a female Miami police woman who arrested him. He was later deported don't remember what happened to the cook.
Alan

[Colin Wood]

When I joined the Pacific Reliance in 19564 I was the proud owner of an Alba short wave radio. So we had BBC almost every where in the world. The Goon Show was funny enough but throw in the shortwave atmospherics and it was hilarious. For music we listened to the Voice of America Jazz hour, or pop hour, so we were never short of music or news.

[j.sabourn]

#65... Did you listen to the Merchant Navy Program Colin. Don't know if and when they stopped. Probably when there were no ships left. Or maybe carried on in a different language. The short time I was with Philipino crews compared to others, they seemed very volatile to me, were always prone to carry weapons of some description. Cheers JS

[Louis the Amigo]

Hi shipmates, pastimes at sea? I re call many hobbies crafts and learning courses',music playing, reading books and lots more. what did I do? going ashore to sample the local talent, and have a few beers, and see all the world famous bars and if I was lucky to have a meal if I was Not broke.

[j.sabourn]

Six little Stories. #67 Louis...
1... Once all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of the prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella.
THATS FAITH.
2... When you throw babies in the air, they laugh because they know you will catch them.
THATS TRUST.
3....Every night we go to bed without assurance of being alive the next morning, but we still set the alarms to wake up.
THATS HOPE
4... We plan big thing for tomorrow, in spite of zero knowledge of the future.
THATS CONFIDENCE.
5... We see the world suffering, but we still get married and have children.
THATS LOVE.
6... On an old mans shirt was written a sentence " I am not 80 years old, I am sweet 16 with 64 years of experience".
THATS ATTITUDE.
Have a happy day and live your life like the 6 stories.
When I was a child, I thought a nap was punishment. Now its like a miniature vacation
Good friends are the rare jewels of life...Difficult to find and impossible to replace. JS