Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
The Yugoslavs must have something about fish. During a bad time in the North Sea I took a job on A FOC ship the Yugoslav ship master was about the most ignorant seafarer I have ever sailed with apart from one other. We had pirates on board in South America through his ignorance. He would not buy food stores , sailed from Guyana with a few watermelons for a passage to Italy, I said wheres the food , he said we”ll stop a fishing boat and buy for cigarettes. I said where are you going to find fishing boats in the South Atlantic. Of course no fishing boats. Arriving Italy 2 of the 4 crew had To go to hospital for malnutrition , I in the meantime had sent my notice in to the owners. He was sacked but wouldn’t leave the ship and insisted on staying on board wth the new Iranian master until the ship arrived in Ireland. People don’t know the half of it. One of the ships I can’t remember the name of. Must be my memory wants to forget it. JWS