Ramblings of a Salty Seadog

An Officer’s Stripes created quite a debate. A lot of old Seadogs believed that too many cruise ship personnel are now classed as...

The Purser's Stripes - Island Princess - 1977 Now that I have started to cruise as a passenger some 44 years after working onboard...

Dancing the Dance When I joined Oriana back in 1973 Captain John Wacher was the Master of the ship. As a very junior officer on my first...