Blue Star Logbook

Why I want to be a Captain by 10 yr. old:

A few quotes from a book I read recently by Richard Woodman, called "Antigone".
1) A man who could not write a log book to his own advantage was not fit to command a ship.
2) " Me Dad doesn't work Miss", the boy was supposed to have replied to his teacher when asked what his father did, " He goes to sea."
3)Lancashire- Where the moors come down from the hills and the whores come down from the mills.
4)You know what they say about the Welsh girls, Pious in Chapel, Astute in the market, & Frantic in bed.
5) Liverpool judies know the score, when a Merchant seaman walks ashore.

The book is worth reading in order to relive those days of your 1st and 2nd trips to sea.
Richard Woodman has written many books from his sea life starting as a deck apprentice and probably reaching Master.
He sailed with Blue Flue to the Far East on a general cargo ship of the 50's/60's when they carried 4th Mates. Well my first trip on the Rocky we had a 4th Mate in 1973 but there were few ships with them after that. Despite the story being from the deck side as many are it was an interesting read and it was large print.