Marga Kiepe

Looks like a good one to avoid peter.Did she have a steering engine? I sailed on the Burtonia,a vessel of similar vintage and her steering gear was direct drive , it took 2 men to get her around the apex into the trent.Les

According to my GL register she was well equipped with an echo sounder. (Jester)
But let´s be fair, she was a ship and therefore had a soul.(A)
Rgds Manfred

Sir I salute you. Id have thrown the lazy b#$##rd captain and the mate over the side didnt they ever grease the motor?

Thats the point Her Kotteman she didnt have a motor , not exactly rod and chain but a system of gears directly to the rudder.How was your trip to Rotterdam see you went up the Euromast ? Les

Yeah it was good Les lot of memories some good some bad Seamans mission hasnt changed a bit Parkkade still the same except the Metro is now the Scorpion. Lots of beer consumed a few salty sea dog tales the usual.

Hi Les,
The steering was direct drive and a ***** to steer, I only did 5 months on this one,
Rob, Coul'nt throw the Capt as he was the Capt and also very very heavy,
On one occasion we went to Nijmegen on the town quay to load a cargo of Bones for the Clarks wharf Erith for the Glue works we went downriver to Roterdam stieljeskade and laid weathbound for about 10 days on arrival at Erith the bearth was not available so we were to lay on the buoys all over Xmas, I then asked the old man if i could go home to Ipswich just for 2 Days at Xmas he said no cos who,s gonna swing off the generator to start it to charge the batteries(Deutz 2 flywheel job) the capt could;nt because he was too old and the mate coul'nt cos he was too fat, anyway come Christmas day after I cooked the dinner I served theirs up in the Capts Dayroom and i'm sat all alone down below to eat mine and listening to the Radio, no TV onboard..thats when i gave him my 48 hrs (after dinner)
Finally when we got alongside the wharf the mate and i tried to pull the Tarps back to roll em up but they were stuck, what had happend was that the cargo was completly full of maggots and even between the hatch tarps they were stuck, we or I had to get the deckwash hose out and blow water between the tarps to release the maggots or suction that they were causing, bye the way he woul'nt let me sign off in Erith but only in Duisburg with a bad dishcharge in my book saying that I left before my 48 hrs..

Happy Days eh Gents
Peter

I have to say it sounds a nightmare. I was lucky with skippers except for one who shall remain nameless because he is still in the game. He used to turn off the booster for the tv aerial at 10pm so couldnt watch telly and that was one of his more endearing habits.

RoB
At least you had a TV, one thing I did learn well on that ship was to take a bearing on the DF cos that was all she had on the bridge and one of those big clock type sounders, and the wheel was taller than me...
Peter..

TV at sea was annoying I remember watching the league cup final in 96 Leeds v Villa we lost the signal for the second half. Probably just as well because Villa beat us 3-0.

Peter , You was sailing in " purgutory" my son !! I would have thrown the old man over the side like Rob said ,only thing was you,d have got no satisfaction. S**TE usual floats and there fore the b****rd would,nt have drowned!! An here,s me thinking life on the puffers was bad!!!! Noce photo though.
John