Sunset stirred my memory

[Dennis McGuckin]

#26 Not to condone it, but I just look at that post as one more stupid thing done at sea.
Think at one time or another, we all made bad choices.

[Jim Brady]

The old saying "making a mountain out of a mole hill".Did anybody come to any harm,NO,so whats all the shouting about.Den had it in one, just for the sake of an argument I think.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Lewis McColl]

Another laugh I had on the coast was when the engineering Super made a ships visit and he spots a girl in the engine room from the other side of the engine. He spotted a pony tail swinging back and forth. He looks at me and says , thought you were a married man Lew, whose is the girl? I gave her a shout and introduced her, Karen, this is Mr Robbins. She was wearing a boiler suite he asks her what she was doing. I work with my husband he says I have to earn my keep. Then she looks down at his feet and sees his muddy boots. I hope you wiped your feet before you come through the engine room door. Have to be fair to her she had the place like a palace down there. All the pipework were it was copper was polished, engine room plates well buffered and she was a dab hand with a paint brush.She used to go out on deck and give the lads a hand doing a bit of chipping and painting.

[John Arton]

Regarding the requirement to fit magnetic compass on ships today, if you google Record of approved cargo ship safety equipment..IACS, you can download a 30 page pdf that lists all the safety equipment including life saving appliances that are required to be carried on today's ships and one of the first items to be listed is the magnetic compass.
Rgds
J.A.

[Ivan Cloherty]

#26 Not to condone it, but I just look at that post as one more stupid thing done at sea.
Think at one time or another, we all made bad choices.

Never on my watch Dennis, when you have anything from 20 to 100 lives in your hands (depending on vessel) when in charge of a watch, crew mates in all departments off-watch and sleeping trust you to have their safety in your mind and hands at all times, irrespective of size of vessel. So bad choices were never made and navigation is not a plaything for someones amusement and being irresponsible in coastal waters is even more indefensible. You may scan the horizon and everything is clear, but messing about you may fail to see that half submerged object, or may be on the wrong heading (towards land) when your engine fails, and you never want to be on the wrong heading or have an engine, or steering failure in the vicinity of Lands End. That's all from me.

What you did ashore was a different matter

[Ivan Cloherty]

The old saying "making a mountain out of a mole hill".Did anybody come to any harm,NO,so whats all the shouting about.Den had it in one, just for the sake of an argument I think.
Regards.
Jim.B.

Glad to hear that you would be happy to sail with someone who didn't take your safety seriously Jim, not a question of making a mountain out of a molehill, and argument doesn't come into it, it was a valid observation, but of course I will always bow to your superior knowledge

[Lewis McColl]

This one has to be totally against the rules though, we were in Par in Cornwall loading China clay. We were not supposed to load until the Monday afternoon. Anyway they loaded us on the Monday morning and needed us off the berth as another ship was coming alongside. Reason they loaded us early was rain was forecast for later on in the evening and was set to hang around for a few days. The mate and the skipper had disappeared away home for the weekend. Good old British Rail decided to have a strike so the lads were not going to get back in time. We had Cape Verde crew and these lads had been regulars in and out of par for years. I had been on her for 18 months on and off. Let's face she was a wee single hatch mini bulker 60 metres long drawing about 3 mts 20cm draft. So Pedro the AB, Good lad went on to get his Liberian Mates ticket I think it was. We swung her off the berth and took her out and anchored. We left one of the lads ashore with the rubber duck so he could ferry the Skipper & the Mate out to the ship. Obviously all the paper work needed to be signed so Skip popped up to the agents office and away we went. loved working coasters but the money was crap. Certainly learnt a thing or too about ship handling on coasters.

[Doc Vernon]

Enough on this sniping Lads
Just post what its all about keep calm !
Thank You
With Respect

We are trying to avoid all confrontation Savvy!

Just popped in to check the Posts will be popping out now for the day and some well earned rest! Be good ALL.
Cheers

I Will be back "Arnie" LOL

[Jim Brady]

Glad to hear that you would be happy to sail with someone who didn't take your safety seriously Jim, not a question of making a mountain out of a molehill, and argument doesn't come into it, it was a valid observation, but of course I will always bow to your superior knowledge

No need for sarcasim Ivan as regards my superior knowledge.It possibly was wrong the action taken that day but I don't see the need to kick up about it years later
that's the point I am making.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[Ivan Cloherty]

No need for sarcasim Ivan as regards my superior knowledge.It possibly was wrong the action taken that day but I don't see the need to kick up about it years later
that's the point I am making.
Regards.
Jim.B.

So Jim, it's alright for you to tell someone he should have got ten years for filling fire extinquishers with cigarettes (and I totally agree with you) but its not okay for me to comment on safe navigation (or the lack there-of) that probably happened more recently, Hmmmm! Never mind eh!