me up the mast greasing the stays,lovely job got a case of beer off the bosun Paddy Barrett for that.Gentleman bosun one of the best.Could keep a good lookout in the crows nest,iceburg what iceburg?
do you remember paddy barretts warcry.... ahhh shaaa hooo !!! with an imaginary bayonet... i still laugh when i think about him...he was my best bo bo of all time...z
A ship, possibly a Port Line ship, came into Liverpool, Nova Scotia in 1963, sporting a crow's nest when I was there on a Bowater ship as Cadet. In the morning someone had painted "Certified for 1 crow" on the crow's nest. My shore leave was stopped until I painted it over although I was not guilty.
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