[BITList] Fwd: P&O Cruise Ship

[HUGH]

Frank,

In an earlier message on the subject, I mentioned going the wrong way in Force 10+.  This was about where your experience on Carthage took place.  We had entered the Med, heading for North Africa - Algiers, Bone or Melilla, can't recall - in ballast, for iron ore.  This was December 1959, but before Christmas. It soon became apparent we were heading the wrong way, with wind and sea behind us, North Africa approaching at 10 or 12 knots plus the wee help from the weather.  My recollection is that it took about 36 hours to get her round into the wind, each time just failing due to lack of power.  The three free gas and pissifiers (GTV Morar) were apt to be reluctant to respond at times, and sitting with the waves abeam wasn't the old man's idea of joy.  It wasn't mine, either.  But, as I said, a misplaced carpet and a misplaced plank were all the casualties I knew of.  We may have sailed back out of the Med to try again - I don't recall.

Hugh.
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