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Subject: Re: sugar boats

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Laurie Tye (crazy skipper)

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Date Posted: Friday, June 20, 05:11:50pm
In reply to: robert 's message, "sugar boats" on Tuesday, June 03, 09:33:24am

I was on the Sugar Carrier and the Crystal Sapphire during the sixties. We went out to Mauritius on the Carrier and we were passing through the Suez canal homeward bound when we heard of J.F.K.s assassination. The skipper on the Sapphire was a bit of a religious nut and had a set of tape recordings of church bells which he used to play over the tannoy system for an hour on Sunday mornings- needless to say a couple of acts of sabotage were carried out !!
Laurie Tye

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Re: sugar boats	Leslie Woodard (RFA Tugs)	Sunday, June 22, 12:00:11am