Stuck in harbour . . .

[capnsensible]

I can't find a kebab shop. What am I to do?

Nip back to boat. Have a fray bentos pie. Return to pub.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Nip back to boat. Have a fray bentos pie. Return to pub.

A kebab is better than that.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

There's posh.

You are becoming quite the Welshman.

 

[Bobc]

Nip back to boat. Have a fray bentos pie. Return to pub.

Don't have any of those. We have duck in a tin and cassulet.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Nothing much matters after a bar. Hence the existence of kebab shops. Does anyone eat them sober?

Some of us don't eat them even when drunk.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

A kebab is better than that.

No it isn't

 

[Fr J Hackett]

The only time I can really remember was being on a buoy in L'Aber wrac'h for 4 days before the end of the 3rd day I had completed the compendium of W Tillmans works bought in Falmouth 4 days prior and was thumbing through it again.

Persistent rain and howling winds precluded going on deck to pump up the dinghy.

 

[Bobc]

Corrr. I love a large donor with chilly sauce and everything. Innit.

 

[Poignard]

Corrr. I love a large donor with chilly sauce and everything. Innit.

Where is the vomit emoji when we need it?

 

[LittleSister]

When I was 2nd Engineer in the m/v Gomba Enterprise we spent a few weeks anchored in Alexandria unable to move until the ship's owners settled a little matter of some unpaid bills.

We were not allowed ashore, and were very short of food (except for steaks and, thanks to some mismanagement by the cook, maple syrup) and fresh water which the port authorities would not allow to be sent out to us.

It could be worse. When I was working in Great Yarmouth a few years back, there was a ship's crew stuck aboard there over a year, not getting paid, unable to get home (most were from India, IIRC), no money to buy food, water, fuel to power the electrics, and so on. Not to mention that Great Yarmouth is not the most uplifting place to be stuck on a ship!

I can't remember the details well, but I think the ship had failed some safety inspection and was forbidden from leaving port until it was fixed, and the owners had abandoned it, deciding that the ship was worth less than the cost of fixing it, plus the crew's wages, plus the harbour fees etc., accrued.

The local community rallied round and regularly sent them food parcels, Christmas presents, etc., and I guess some arrangements were eventually put in place to provide them with water and fuel for onboard power. In the end the union and other parties were able to get them home and at least some of the wages they were owed.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

It could be worse. When I was working in Great Yarmouth a few years back, there was a ship's crew stuck aboard there over a year, not getting paid, unable to get home (most were from India, IIRC), no money to buy food, water, fuel to power the electrics, and so on. Not to mention that Great Yarmouth is not the most uplifting place to be stuck on a ship!

I can't remember the details well, but I think the ship had failed some safety inspection and was forbidden from leaving port until it was fixed, and the owners had abandoned it, deciding that the ship was worth less than the cost of fixing it, plus the crew's wages, plus the harbour fees etc., accrued.

The local community rallied round and regularly sent them food parcels, Christmas presents, etc., and I guess some arrangements were eventually put in place to provide them with water and fuel for onboard power. In the end the union and other parties were able to get them home and at least some of the wages they were owed.

Whilst it's not an overly regular or common occurrence it does seem to happen from time to time, the crew on the ship that hit the Baltimore bridge were in a similar position and there is one in the Red Sea similarly stuck.

 

[LittleSister]

Whilst it's not an overly regular or common occurrence it does seem to happen from time to time, the crew on the ship that hit the Baltimore bridge were in a similar position and there is one in the Red Sea similarly stuck.

Yes, I've read of it happening in the Red Sea and such places, but it hits home when you see them there in all weathers, day after day, month after month, year after year, right outside your office.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Where is the vomit emoji when we need it?

 

[WoodyP]

You are becoming quite the Welshman.

Da iawn

 

[capnsensible]

No it isn't

You must have lived a sheltered life.....

 

[Fr J Hackett]

You must have lived a sheltered life.....

Sheltered from shite, yes.

 

[capnsensible]

Sheltered from shite, yes.

Next time you take a boat into Ayamonte, Spain, nip over the bridge and you will find the best kebab shop this side of the black stump.

 

[oldharry]

Nothing new....

Unofficial forecast circa 1964 "Summer this year will occur on July 15th at about 2.40pm"

Fastnet gale 1979

My log of a fortnights cruise in the mid 1980's has only one entry: "Wind F6+ entire fortnight, never left mooring except by car"

 

[johnalison]

Nothing new....

Unofficial forecast circa 1964 "Summer this year will occur on July 15th at about 2.40pm"

Fastnet gale 1979

My log of a fortnights cruise in the mid 1980's has only one entry: "Wind F6+ entire fortnight, never left mooring except by car"

We were stuck in Brightlingsea only seven miles from our home berth during the Morning Cloud gale for almost a week. Going ashore in the flubber was exciting. When we finally escaped I had to hand-start the Dolphin because the batteries were flat.
In 2002 we returned to our boat’s birthplace in Sweden and the wind didn’t drop below F5 for a month, day or night. Luckily, there are so many islands that we just reefed a bit and sailed in flat water.

 

[john_morris_uk]

A Cambletown dit.

I had organised some 'adventurous training' with some of us on HMS/M Sceptre on a Nicholson 55. Was a bit of a blast around the Western Isles. In Cambeltown, the skipper decided to change berths a couple of times. I liked this coz he was training me on the helm. But as it was raining, the crew were a bit dischuffed but they got over it when we got to the pub.

The interesting part was that the pub had an upstairs function room where there was a hen party going on. They had booked a male stripper who failed to turn up. So with the teeniest bit of prompting, two of our lads did some voluntary replacement work for the girls. They were gone for some time.

So it's not just Royal Marines who get there kit off in pubs!!

That is a great dit!!