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Voyage Bahrain - Port of Spain.

Moving 2, 38 year old, American Missisippi tugboatshttp://www.remyweggemans.nl/html19.htm.

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During this trip the captain keeps a diary....if you are interested in the book,contact me...

The book :

Tittle :

Summary ..:

Delivering two 38-year old Mississippi river tugboats halfway around the world from Bahrain to Trinidad would not be every shipsmaster's dream employment.

But for captain Creamer, and his crew,the seven week voyage of the Justine and Martha is an experience he is unlikely to forget or repeat.

The discovery of a plague of rats,steering problems,running out of freshwater and running aground in the middle of Sitra port,Bahrain are just some of the difficulties the two old ladies encountered on their way to the Caribbean.

Designed principally  for riverwork and not as ocean-going or deepsea vessels,the hapless Justine and Marhta encounters a short but violent Mediterranean storm on the passage from Port Said to Malta rendering conditions onboard extremely uncomfortable.

As if rusty water,fuel oil in a toilet,bad weather,partial flooding on the Martha and a fire on board in the Gulf of Suez was not enough,it also became apparent that the fuel taken on board 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!

Just a few metres from the final destination, an explosion from the engineroom,followed by a high pitched mechanical whining,signals the end of both engines,leaving the Justine to drift helpessy towards the jagged edges of a ramshackle concrete pier....

If you are interested :

E-mail me..:

remy@remyweggemans.nl

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