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Rats, Rust and Two Old Ladies (Paperback)
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Rats, Rust and Two Old Ladies (Paperback)
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Loot Price R576
Discovery Miles 5 760
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Delivering two 38-year-old Mississippi river tugboats halfway
around the world from Bahrain to Trinidad would not be every ship
master's dream employment. However, for Captain David Creamer, the
seven-week voyage of the Justine and Martha was not only unique,
but a memorable experience he was unlikely ever to forget or
repeat. As the author relates the day-to-day problems that the
twelve crewmen encountered while living onboard, the reader is
drawn into their world. The discovery of a plague of rats, steering
problems, running out of fresh water and running aground in the
middle of Sitra port, Bahrain are just some of the difficulties the
two old boats encountered on their way to the Caribbean. Rusty
water, fuel oil in a toilet, and a fire onboard in the Gulf of Suez
were some of the setbacks experienced on the first leg of the
voyage.Designed principally for river work and not as ocean-going
or deep-sea vessels, the hapless Justine and Martha encountered a
short but violent Mediteranean storm on the passage from Port Said
to Malta rendering conditions onboard extremely uncomfortable.On
the leg of the journey from Malta to Trinidad, they hit more bad
weather, partially flooding the Martha. It also became apparent
that the fuel taken onboard by both vessels was biologically
contaminated. Forced to stop at Gibraltar to clean the fuel tanks,
the author and Chief Engineer visited Nerja in Spain, which
coincided with the start of the Mardi Gras. Although blessed with
good weather for their crossing of the Atlantic, this epic voyage
almost ended in disaster just a few meters from the final
destination. An explosion from the engine-room, followed by a
high-pitched mechanical whining, signalled the end of both engines,
leaving the Justine to drift helplessly towards the jagged edges of
a ramshackle concrete pier.
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