You want J***y J***y Jonny

[j.sabourn]

Your version of the wax treatment must be the same as mine David J. JS

[Gerald Farr]

Once again you have jiggled the memory cells! We picked up a cargo of Gypsum from a small port on the south coast of the Dominican Republic, can't remember the name. It had one anchorage in the middle of the bay marked by a buoy, more like the top of a mountain or volcano and if you missed you had to haul it in and try again, but that's beside the point. The first cargo we took to Tampa in Florida but there must have been some time constraints on the charter as we still had some hundreds of tons left to discharge when we were told to stop and get back there for another load by such and such a date so off we went, full speed ahead. The channel into the loading berth had been blasted through solid rock so there was a draft limit and you had to be on an even keel to get maximum tonnage. Nearing the end of loading meant the Chief Officer had to be on the wharf all the time adjusting trim/hatches to get our maximum load. When we completed loading and were waiting on shore figures the Chief Officer said I just had an interesting little chat down on the wharf. A young lady asked him if he would like a j***y j*g to which he'd replied No, she asked why and he said he was too busy. She replied that the Chief Officer of the ******* , another vessel which just happened to be manned and managed by our Company hadn't been too busy. So we all knew what he'd been up to in the jungle. Ha!Ha!

[j.sabourn]

#12 wasn’t the Dominican Republic the eastern end of the Island and the Western end Haiti ? Remember being there years and years ago. Can’t remember which end of the island but it was either Haiti or the Dominican Republc where all work used to stop for about 15 minutes at 0900 hrs. for people to conjugate on their good fortune on having the sublime good fortune to be lead by their sublime President and leader who was very much alive and in total control . Whichever end it was Haiti was the land of the Black art .one of the two countries at the time was ruled by a Papa someone or other. Then one talks about the world leaders today , there has been little improvement if any. Cheers JS

[Ivan Cloherty]

#13 Papa Doc, don't think anyone knew his real name!

[happy daze john in oz]

But not like any Doc we all knew.
Doubt he could diagnose an illness.
Might cause a few though.

[Ivan Cloherty]

But not like any Doc we all knew.
Doubt he could diagnose an illness.
Might cause a few though.

Cured a lot of headaches by stretching necks

[Gerald Farr]

HI JS, Yes, Haiti was at the Western end and the Dominican Republic was the Eastern two thirds or thereabouts. Where we were berthed it was just a short walk to a beautiful little beach perfect for snorkelling with all sorts of colourful fish swimming amongst the delicate weed and corals, in fact that was where I saw the smallest shark ever just slowly cruising along the sea bottom, about 18inches (375cms in the newer money I think) long. Mind you any bigger and I would have been out like a shot. Cheers Gerald.

[j.sabourn]

It may have been a baby grey nurse ?? Just out for a swim eying up the odds ? With its mother in the background somewhere keeping a protective eye on her baby.? I hate sharks of any size or type . But that’s just me have to hate something to be fashionable. Cheers JS.

[j.sabourn]

#14 Was that the Dominican Republic or Haiti Ivan.? I was in both countries only days apart.JS.

[Ivan Cloherty]

#14 Was that the Dominican Republic or Haiti Ivan.? I was in both countries only days apart.JS.

Haiti John, Papa Doc.

Dominican Republic was quite safe considering it was joined to Haiti, but Dominica had a very strong border force, and I remember the girls being very friendly!