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17th January 2023, 12:53 PM
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Anyone for tennis
I never had this in my days at sea.
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17th January 2023, 01:53 PM
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Re: Anyone for tennis
At least they won't lose the ball over the side
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17th January 2023, 02:34 PM
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Looks like the floodable hold Ivan , would be more worried that someone opened the wrong valves . JS.
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17th January 2023, 03:24 PM
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Well suppose they could abandon the (deck tennis/volley ball) and play water polo?
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17th January 2023, 04:09 PM
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Looks like the floodable hold Ivan , would be more worried that someone opened the wrong valves . JS.
#1 by the shape of the bulkhead ?, funny on trampers we never had time for games on board, had our fun and games ashore!!
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17th January 2023, 04:24 PM
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That is probably the complete deck crew down there.
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17th January 2023, 06:21 PM
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Re: Anyone for tennis
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#1 by the shape of the bulkhead ?, funny on trampers we never had time for games on board, had our fun and games ashore!!
I would agree ,shape of the hopper says No.1 hold .
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17th January 2023, 11:59 PM
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We had a soccer team on the Trevose, used to play down the hold when it was empty, had to have good coordination if she was rolling.
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As for tennis, we have it on TV here from 10am to midnight, what a bloody boring game to watch.
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18th January 2023, 04:57 AM
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Closest i ever came to seeing an Empty Hold on many occasions to was when i worked in Cape Town Harbour as Tally Clerk, after unloading the Cargo Holds! Then at times we did go down for a wee bit of Fun, not Tennis but at times just Kick a Ball around to hear what noise we could create! LOL
Like naughty little Boys! LOL
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18th January 2023, 05:24 AM
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Re: Anyone for tennis
Most cruise ships have an area with a basketball court, some a putting green and various other sport parts.
Popular with some of the kids on board, keeps them busy while the parents sit at the pool bar.
Yes, most of our sport was ashore, though on UCL there were some who found it on board.
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