do, any of you out there remember Capt; Plenderlieth some times known as the "white tornado" this was because of his mass of pure white hair.
I did several coasts with him and as a cadet he always picked on me because as his runner , It would be Oh! laddie just run up the road to the nearest chemist and get me a bottle of VOSZINE shampoo and a newspaper if it was a sunday. sometimes on the coast you wpuld have to fetch him two bottles maybe he used as shower gel. Does anyone rember the soap ben used to supply called Arena ,cadets used to hoard it and usein Bangkok with a few planks of dunnage for extras.
he was not very tall in fact probable only as tall as Tich wilson another coasting old man, the could both only just see over the dogger. During the day at sea it was ok, you always had to tell him ,even if he was asleep when you were going to alter course .If he was awake you never knew where he was because he used even in summer don a heavy black overcoat and his berrie , dressed like this you could not see his white hair so he would appear from nowhere and ask what was going on.
He didnt like the new ships one coastal trip on the Ledi he just never left the bridge once full away was rung.
He didnt like to trust the tennsion winches he always wanted an extra head and stern line out. And as for shippers parties he hated them.
Still another charachter who lived to a fair age in Aberdeen .
Rgds Ian.
I did several coasts with him and as a cadet he always picked on me because as his runner , It would be Oh! laddie just run up the road to the nearest chemist and get me a bottle of VOSZINE shampoo and a newspaper if it was a sunday. sometimes on the coast you wpuld have to fetch him two bottles maybe he used as shower gel. Does anyone rember the soap ben used to supply called Arena ,cadets used to hoard it and usein Bangkok with a few planks of dunnage for extras.
he was not very tall in fact probable only as tall as Tich wilson another coasting old man, the could both only just see over the dogger. During the day at sea it was ok, you always had to tell him ,even if he was asleep when you were going to alter course .If he was awake you never knew where he was because he used even in summer don a heavy black overcoat and his berrie , dressed like this you could not see his white hair so he would appear from nowhere and ask what was going on.
He didnt like the new ships one coastal trip on the Ledi he just never left the bridge once full away was rung.
He didnt like to trust the tennsion winches he always wanted an extra head and stern line out. And as for shippers parties he hated them.
Still another charachter who lived to a fair age in Aberdeen .
Rgds Ian.