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John Martin
Jun 11, 20235 min read
Take to the Lifeboats
Safety Briefing Then and Now By John Martin Viking Neptune alongside Viking Venus in Kusadasi- Turkey Joining the brand new ‘Viking...
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Salty Seadog
Jun 4, 20235 min read
Bunking Up With A Stranger
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...
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Randolph Magri-Overend
May 28, 20238 min read
UNFIT FOR A QUEEN
Shaw Savill's Gothic was refitted to become the royal yacht for a tour of Australia and New Zealand. The Royal Yacht Britannia was...
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Salty Seadog
May 21, 20236 min read
P&O & The £10 Poms
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...
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Salty Seadog
May 14, 20233 min read
THE UNSINKABLE - Violet Jessop
Violet Jessop was indeed a remarkable individual with a series of fortunate escapes from shipping disasters during her career at sea. She...
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Salty Seadog
May 7, 20234 min read
Pheonix Rises from the Ashes.
MV Pacific Princess - April 1975 - Launch Press Photograph Cruise ships go through many changes throughout their lifetime, including...
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Randolph Magri-Overend
Apr 29, 20236 min read
OF NUTS AND BOLTERS
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...
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Salty Seadog
Apr 20, 20235 min read
Azamazing Suite Upgrade on Azamara Pursuit
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...
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Randolf Magri Overend
Apr 14, 20234 min read
Adult Only Cruising
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...
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Salty Seadog
Apr 9, 20231 min read
CRUISING WITH AZAMARA
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...
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Salty Seadog
Mar 18, 20231 min read
PRINCESS CRUISES CATCH UP
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...
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Salty Seadog
Mar 12, 20233 min read
CRUISE AWAY FOR 1000 DAYS
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...
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Salty Seadog
Mar 5, 20233 min read
Antigua Welcomes Azamara Onward and the Talisker Atlantic Challenge
Azamara Onward - Talisker Atlantic Challenge Rowing Vessel When we visited Antigua recently onboard Azamara Onward, we felt honoured and...
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Salty Seadog
Feb 26, 20234 min read
Cruising the Caribbean
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...
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Salty Seadog
Feb 23, 20238 min read
WARSASH - School of Navigation
Michael Frost recalls his time at Warsash in his new book "School Days, Neither Dotheboys Hall nor Tom Brown’s’ Michael Frost spent his...
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Salty Seadog
Feb 19, 20234 min read
Azamara - White and Azamazing
Party Time on Azamara Onward Azamara Onward Every cruise line has its own USP and with Azamara, it is their White Night Party and...
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Salty Seadog
Feb 12, 20236 min read
Azamara Onward - Almost Identical
AZAMARA ONWARD “Onward” is the latest “R” class ship to join the Azamara Fleet. The “R”class ships were originally operated by...
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Nick Messinger
Feb 9, 20234 min read
In The Navy
Another 'Futtocks & Buttocks' Memoir By Commander Nicholas Messinger HMS NELSON - HMNB Portsmouth I reported to HMS Nelson, the Royal...
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Jamie Shedden
Jan 15, 20235 min read
A LIFETIME OF BAGGAGE
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...
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Salty Seadog
Jan 8, 20235 min read
P.O.S.H
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,...
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