Another cruise ship mishap

[cappy]

#28 Those ore carriers were probably on Bisco charter , most were on 15 year terms with top charter rates and a host of goodies in the charter party small print. As was a government dept. you were probably receiving all the gratuities which were subsidised by your own income tax payments. However that’s what money is supposed to do go around so everyone benefits. So people can moan about nationalisation but in this case seamen did get some of the benefits. PS are you speaking French yet. JS...

###oui mon ami ...dos cervesas.....well john i couldnt believe the overtime ....we were soojying the same inboard alleyways twice at least between 7 islands and the UK...steaks at least once a week no captains inspections ..apart from him popping in the galley for a chat ..choice of hot meat at dinner......docking bottles galore....there somehow seemed less barriers between officers and crew in general.....and been back in the UK almost monthlyplus....saved towards my ist property in ore carriers and pat saving at home we soon had a good deposit.....looking back the ore carriers were a gift horse to seamen in general...accom first class ....air con......short runs ....happy days.regards cappy

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Must have been a good hearted cook on the Haines boat i was on Cappy, on the 12-4 watch always left us out the making of a full English breakfast, in return we kept the galley stove in for him, and the galley left spotless after we had eaten. How come in those days would turn in after that bloody great breakfast, and no indigestion ??, if i did that now would haunt me all night, ah happy days on the old Treworlas, kt

###welll as i said keith never ever saw a galley open after 6 all locked away it must have been your cheeky smile ....regards cappy.

[robpage]

Left over eggs ? any old Clan Line chef steward would be turning in his grave at the thought , one egg per man per day , including the one egg omelette and one egg scrambled egg

[cappy]

Left over eggs ? any old Clan Line chef steward would be turning in his grave at the thought , one egg per man per day , including the one egg omelette and one egg scrambled egg

##when galley boy i would go down the stores to get 42 eggs for breakfast on the hains boat ....the chief steward would sometimes be in the pantry as i came up and count the bleedin eggs ....egg sarnies in yer dreams lol cappy

[Chris Allman]

Having never been on a ship with stabilisers - being a cargo ship man - did they work and stop the ship rolling as there is a YouTube video showing a modern passenger ship in bad weather and everybody and everything, including a piano, which I never sailed with either flying all over the ship.

[robpage]

I left the sea in 1986 and Brown-Brothers were testing electronic control of stabilisers on MV Earl Granville , brilliant control , but in very heavy seas you fold them in to prevent them being damaged

[Jim Brady]

Chris CPR's Britain,England and Canada had stabilisers at that time Cunards Saxonia,Carinthia and Sylvania didn't have stabilisers both sets of ships on the North Atlantic trade.I remember one trip on the Britain a really bad crossing we moved about a bit I cant' remember if we were late or how late we were getting to Montreal,at the same time the Carinthia was doing the same trip she got a right hammering and I believe that she had broken windows on the promenade deck and was well late arriving Montreal.So there you are one with and one without stabilisers.I used to look at the stabilisers from the boat deck to me they looked like 50 gallon drums end to end sticking out of the side of the ship.

Regards.
Jim.B.

[Chris Allman]

Thanks Jim & Rob, I did wonder if they had to be folded in when in really bad weather, in case they could damage the ship or themselves.

[Keith Tindell]

Having never sailed on a ship with stabilisers, I saw a program recently on TV which was interesting servicing a ferry in dry dock, that was the first time I have seen stabilisers, really interesting program, kt

[Jim Brady]

My #36 should read 500 gallon drums no 50.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[robpage]

there is an in-depth explanation here

https://dieselship.com/marine-techni...ising-systems/


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I think the Windsor Castle was fitted with 2 sets