Ramblings of a Salty Seadog

Having left the wonderful unseasonable sunshine of the UK we arrived in Lisbon for a three-night stay before joining Azamara Pursuit. ...

This week another nail was hammered into Davy Jones Locker as it slowly sinks to the bottom of the sea for the British Merchant Navy. P&O...

Sun Princess 1980 - Star Princess 2006 Star Princess in Bremerhaven, Germany 2006 - Repairs Following Fire Short of the ship sinking the...

When I joined Oriana in 1973, remember this was pre-computer days and everything was done by hand or on very primitive equipment. For...

Tony McGuire recalls the day he was shot by the Chief Steward onboard RMS Durango in 1966 The RMS Durango after a shooting incident,...

by Michael Frost In 1969 I was Junior 2nd Mate on Cathay, a pleasing small passenger vessel (about 240 passengers) that was essentially...

A couple of years ago I read Peter Langton’s first book “Not Wanted on Voyage” I was like stepping back in time to when I was an...

Last year we heard about the sad passing of Cathy Hooper. Cathy initially worked for P&O in her home city of San Francisco. When P&O...

And Memories of the South Pacific Following the terrible devestation caused by the Volcanic eruption on Tonga’s main island of Tongatapu,...

It is many years since I last visited the Island Kingdom of Tonga, but my memories are still very vivid mainly because of the kindness...

I first visited Key West in 1974 on mv Island Princess. We had the most wonderful welcome from the locals. I remember having a lei of...

"Can the Captain Marry Us" By John Martin It was New Year’s Eve and a distraught prospective bride had turned up at the reception desk. ...

THE LADY THAT ESCAPED THREE SINKING SHIPS Was Violet Jessop the luckiest Seadog ever. She managed to escape three shipping disasters...

Carnival Mardi Gras - Roller Coaster Ride 2021 has certainly been a roller coaster ride for the cruise industry and l am not talking...

Capt. Peter Love. Capt. Jock Leferve and Cruise Director Chris Chapman. Not sure who Santa was. Although I spent a few Christmases at...

Old Seadogs like myself just love to reminisce about the wonderful times that we all spent at sea. I love it when you share your...

By Jamie Shedden As junior purser on Shaw Savill's ss. Southern Cross I had a grandstand view from the bridge when I was ‘berthed’ in...

Cathy Hooper and I in Glacier Bay Alaska 1975 - Pacific Princess I had the great pleasure of sailing with Cathy Hooper way back at the...

When I descended the gangway of Island Princess on 23rd April 1977 little did I realise I would not set foot on another cruise ship for...

One of my former seagoing colleagues and friend Stuart Bennett turned 70 this week and of course, it got me thinking of the fun times we...