[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

That does bring back memories Bob! As for the U.S. Navy, we still used bos'n pipes when I was in....of course thats when Noah was the first mate! lol, no rum...alas and a bridge on our ship was where the captain was most of the time and where the ships steering was. I was on a carrier and our "bridge" was about 3 stories off the flight deck which was ?? I don't remember off the water.....way up there ha ha........as I got up to the catwalk to go into the bridge, I got hit in the face with spray from a wave that came over the bow.............thats what you call "high water"!

[whitecree]

Originally Posted by squbrigg

Know the West Coast some, served there back in 1973, took a ship out via the Panama Canal to Esquimalt, BC and stayed for a few months. Loved it out there, such beauty, but couldn't get the bride to move out. Where are you located on the coast?

Bob

I'm right up in the Douglas Channel - or is it the Gardiner? I'm always mixing those two up. If you're ever out in a boat with me, for heaven's sake, don't let me navigate!

Are you familiar with the aluminum smelting company ALCAN? I live just outside of the tiny, one-horse town of Kitimat.

[squbrigg]

Ya, I know where Kitamat is, the smelter and a pulp mill too? Our company had a mill in Prince Rupert at one time I believe. That's beautiful country!!! I never got up quite that far in my days out there, we sailed up the Strait of Georgia, but only as far as Comox and back to Esquimalt. Ship I was on was named after a river up that way.....H.M.C.S. Kootenay.

Long time ago now!!!

Bob