Dennis,
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Originally Posted by Dennis
Hey Rob
Did you inherit his sea legs? I got miserably sea sick going out whale watching on Hervey Bay – no sea legs for me? Mind you, there was a 2m swell and a howling gale at the time.
Cheers
Dennis
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Sure did/do, I remember as a young lad when my father would do 6 months
on 6 months off, during the off period he would work as a pilot on the the
pilot launch. That is he would go out and bring in ships if the Masters on
board were either unfamilar with the port or weren't ticketed for that port. I
would go out on the pilot launch with him and drop the pilot or him to the
ships at sea. Sometmes in masive swells that would tower up each side of
the little pilot launch. I loved it
watching the pilot or my old man waiting
for the top of the swell to jump onto the ladder and climb up the side of the
ship.
regards,CS