The Perfect Storm??

[Chris Allman]

Sorry John, Claudine Christian was not the Captain, just a crew member. The Captain was Captain Robin Walbridge from St Petersburg, he is still missing I am afraid.

Chris.

[John Albert Evans]

I apologise for any confusion I may have caused re the death of thre Captain of the Bounty. I was reiterating what I had just read in the Mail on line.
I had read Tonys no9 Thread.
John Albert Evans.

[Tony Morcom]

In fairness the Mailonline has a very good report which is well worth looking at HERE

[Neville Roberts]

Lower manhattan is still flooded , the shores of Brooklyn got it bad ,and 50 homes in Queens are on fire ,still 4 mil people without power ,subways flooded lower manhattan ,fire island lost a number of homes .preety bad disaster . Romney told the press that if he were President he would have stopped the storm from coming on land

[Tony Morcom]

Just watching those fires on Sky News Neville. A kick in the teeth for those with houses damaged or destroyed by the Hurricane / Cyclone / storm. Insurance policies usually show a $500 excess (called deductibles in the USA) Hurricane inflicted damage carries a $15,000 excess (deductibles) These figures based on a $300,000 value home which I guess is probably a fair average.

[Captain Kong]

That is the Bounty that I went on board in Seattle in August 1990, the best five Dollars I spent. A very interesting ship.
I asked if I could go aloft and was refused. I was offered a place in the crew when I told them I was a Seafaring man
But unforunately had to decline as I was on leave from my own ship. Now that would have been a wonderful experience.
Brian.

[Dennis McGuckin]

Always been my dream to sail on a tall ship.
Too late now I guess.
Been aboard quite a few when they visited our part of the world.
Den.

[Rodney Mills]

Tony,

F.Y.I.. My house is insured against wind,hail, tornadoes, cyclones, named storms and hurricanes. Wind damage is an addition to normal house insurance and comes with a choice of deductables ($1000.-2000-3000). There are maximums some insurance companies will pay out for repairs. The deductables and maximums obviously effect the premium to the home owner. I have a $1000 deductable and have additional coverage on the dwelling at 125% replacement cost. I also have full replacement plus 125% on personal effects. As South Carolina is on an earthquake fault (though extremely rare) I carry earthquake insurance, that has a 5% deductible. So in my case I am fully covered, less $1000, for both dwelling and contents. Though the premium is expensive, my children are paying for the coverage (though they are not aware of it).

Cheers, Rodney

[Chris Allman]

I was very lucky to have been a senior member of the crew of the Prince William, an experience I shall treasure.

Chris.

[Captain Kong]

Always been my dream to sail on a tall ship.
Too late now I guess.
Been aboard quite a few when they visited our part of the world.
Den.
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Hi Den I was in Fremantle and sailed on the Leeuwin, a sailing ship, square rigged on the foremast. A full days sailing in a stiff breeze into the Indian Ocean. I lept aloft with others and out on the yard and furled sails , heave away by hand to hoist the mainsail. etc. Enjoyed every minute. I was 72 then , did it to prove I still could.
I went to it again this year in Fremantle but it was just lying alongside with no one on board.

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Way back in 1958 I was shanghaied on a topsail schooner out of Curacao, I was there on the AURIS, an experimental pure gas turbine tanker just doing experiments for the engine, it was not a commercial voyage, I got bevied with a bunch of Dagoes and next morning I awoke on a coil of rope on the deck of a sailing ship.
The crowd watching me as I awoke, `Que Pasa, ` I shouted, Que Pasa Nada, they replied, we were bound for Venezuala and many other places, I learned to sail a topsail schooner and loved it. We returned to Curacao around six weeks later, the AURIS was still there,
Old Captain Brown was amazed when I told him where I had been, He had started his career under sail. He gave me a case of beer and then said, send a telegram home to your family, they think you have been drowned.
Good fun.
Brian