Ramblings of a Salty Seadog

Safety Briefing Then and Now By John Martin Viking Neptune alongside Viking Venus in Kusadasi- Turkey Joining the brand new ‘Viking...

SS Oriana - "The Queen of the Sea" I was recently reading a cruise line blog where a lady was looking for someone to share a cabin with...

Shaw Savill's Gothic was refitted to become the royal yacht for a tour of Australia and New Zealand. The Royal Yacht Britannia was...

Orient Line- ss. Orcades When I joined P&O in 1973 the “Ten Pound Pom” scheme had just finished the previous year. "10 Pound Poms" refers...

Violet Jessop was indeed a remarkable individual with a series of fortunate escapes from shipping disasters during her career at sea. She...

MV Pacific Princess - April 1975 - Launch Press Photograph Cruise ships go through many changes throughout their lifetime, including...

By Randolph Magri-Overend. Randolph Magri-Overend was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1940. He ran away to sea as a Cadet Purser with Canadian...

Azamara Pursuit - Argostoli Greece April 23 Let’s face it we all like a bargain and love to be upgraded on airline flights, hotel rooms...

From Purser to Punter By Randolph Magri-Overend P&O ARCADIA On Wednesday 26 February 2014 Jenny, Siobhan and I caught the 9 pm from...

OUR MEMORIES SO FAR AZAMARA PURSUIT MARCH 2022 A year ago we boarded Azamara Pursuit in Lisbon, 12 months on we are back onboard Pursuit...

WHY NOT POP OVER TO SALTY SEADOG YOUTUBE CHANNEL? ISLAND PRINCESS PURSERS 1976 In 1974 P & O which by 1960 had become the world's largest...

MV GEMINI SETS OUT ON A THREE YEAR CRUISE FOR A BARGAIN PRICE FROM $29,000 (PER YEAR) MV GEMINI - LIFE AT SEA CRUISES How do you run away...

Azamara Onward - Talisker Atlantic Challenge Rowing Vessel When we visited Antigua recently onboard Azamara Onward, we felt honoured and...

Little or Large The Choice is Your P&O Ventura alongside Azamara Onward - I know which l prefer The Wonder of the Seas, the largest...

Michael Frost recalls his time at Warsash in his new book "School Days, Neither Dotheboys Hall nor Tom Brown’s’ Michael Frost spent his...

Party Time on Azamara Onward Azamara Onward Every cruise line has its own USP and with Azamara, it is their White Night Party and...

AZAMARA ONWARD “Onward” is the latest “R” class ship to join the Azamara Fleet. The “R”class ships were originally operated by...

Another 'Futtocks & Buttocks' Memoir By Commander Nicholas Messinger HMS NELSON - HMNB Portsmouth I reported to HMS Nelson, the Royal...

By Jamie Shedden The Boat Train Has Arrived After 37 with Air New Zealand, you would think that Jamie Shedden would know all there was to...

Port Out - Starboard Home and Other Nautical Nonsense. Those of us that worked for P&O believe that P.O.S.H stands for Port Out,...