Blue Star Logbook

Saw this in Dec.Sea Breezes which may bring back some memories.

Good one Tony. Eyes are a bit cross eyed after reading that. Must be age.
I, we have all been there with the old water rationing, especially those who sailed on the Welly, and her sister ships and the America Star. We always seemed to use more water when we went on water rationing than not. Why was it that there was always fresh water to wash down the Bridge paintwork but not enough for a shower?

Hi Tony,

My screen and eye combination have beaten me! Could you post the "Water" article as a downloadable file, so we can get it on our PCs and manipulate text size?

To do that, just go to the "Upload Attachment" tab on the message editing screen, and you can select the file you want to upload

Thanks

Jim Blake

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Iam sorry this is the best I can do because of the size of file

Thanks Jim,

Glad it is not just me having trouble my eyes, must be an age thing or those emails that Jim C sends out.

Many Thanks, that is a great help!
Cheers
Jim

With respect to water shortage, I was told the following tale of woe by a junior engineer when joining the South Africa Star in 1957.
The previous voyage had been extended by more than a month due to constant breakdowns and water shortage, so much so that catering personel had been drafted in down below to assist!
Water rationing had been introduced on the voyage home, as they were losing water with no idea where it was going! the chief engineer was put ashore in Panama with a suspected nervous breakdown. Subsequently it was found that they had been losing water due to the superheater safety valves leaking, the emmisions not being noticed from the top of the funnel.
George Edwards