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Forum: Mess Deck 22nd April 2022, 17:40
Replies: 6
Views: 6,106
Posted By Pilot24
Oops! I've made a boo boo! Apparently Belfast Dry...

Oops! I've made a boo boo! Apparently Belfast Dry Dock can accomodate the Queen Victoria, apologies for the misleading information.
I really shouldn't have given my wee book of Pilot's secrets to my...
Forum: Mess Deck 22nd April 2022, 10:36
Replies: 6
Views: 6,106
Posted By Pilot24
They have to into the Building Dock as opposed to...

They have to into the Building Dock as opposed to the Belfast Dry Dock methinks. This needs very good planing which, God forbid, (sarcasm) might actually involve the Pilots who actually know what...
Forum: Bank Line 24th March 2022, 10:46
Replies: 2
Views: 5,218
Posted By Pilot24
The Mara and the Spey weren't built for Bank Line...

The Mara and the Spey weren't built for Bank Line I'm led to believe and were bought off the stocks.
The Fleetbank and Corabank class looked good when loaded but with my poor sense of humour after...
Forum: Bank Line 14th March 2022, 16:49
Replies: 12
Views: 7,793
Posted By Pilot24
Think the problem arose when I sailed under him...

Think the problem arose when I sailed under him on the Teviotbank for all of two weeks and he called me "Paddy" which my discenting Presbyterian heritage did not appreciate so I simply kept on...
Forum: Bank Line 14th March 2022, 10:58
Replies: 12
Views: 7,793
Posted By Pilot24
The fire was on the Ruddbank and your truly was...

The fire was on the Ruddbank and your truly was on it. Firebomb in bales of acrylic waste in No.5 upper tween deck. What a stink. Totalled a pile of up market open stow cars destined for Durban.
Put...
Forum: Bank Line 14th March 2022, 10:48
Replies: 12
Views: 7,793
Posted By Pilot24
Slightly better than the Ernebank, Rownabank etc...

Slightly better than the Ernebank, Rownabank etc where our cabins were on the starboard side and the bog and shower were on the port side!!!!
Alway use cold water when peeing in the sink by the...
Forum: Bank Line 7th March 2022, 10:00
Replies: 12
Views: 7,793
Posted By Pilot24
Ah! Its all coming back, I did the US South...

Ah! Its all coming back, I did the US South Africa run on the Ruddbank and Dacebank. Wrecked my back in Durban trying to open a hatch, remember I was carrying a hook or something, anyway, I ended up...
Forum: Bank Line 5th March 2022, 09:57
Replies: 12
Views: 7,793
Posted By Pilot24
I stood by the Fenbank as third mate, they had...

I stood by the Fenbank as third mate, they had roller hatches on the weather deck which could take the load of a deck cargo but not containers. The advantage of these was that there was no cumbersome...
Forum: Bank Line 14th November 2020, 10:22
Replies: 15
Views: 22,950
Posted By Pilot24
We had one old dodger of a captain who was still...

We had one old dodger of a captain who was still stuck in the fifties, this was 1986, who still demanded sights morning noon and night just to piss us off!
I wasnt allowed to do chart corrections on...
Forum: The Engine Room 7th August 2019, 09:29
Replies: 33
Views: 27,238
Posted By Pilot24
Goliath perhaps.........................or just...

Goliath perhaps.........................or just dry wit surfacing!
Forum: Tankers 17th June 2019, 20:25
Replies: 28
Views: 25,772
Posted By Pilot24
Because he's a "Richard Cranium?"

Because he's a "Richard Cranium?"
Forum: The Engine Room 15th June 2019, 10:16
Replies: 31
Views: 24,305
Posted By Pilot24
Talking Apologies, only picked this one up! Yep, I used...

Apologies, only picked this one up!
Yep, I used to be 6 foot four with black hair, now I'm five foot six with silver hair!
I can assure you 33 years with Mrs Pilot 24 is like being in a health...
Forum: Mess Deck 30th May 2019, 23:12
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Pilot24
Oh! Henry Halls,thought it was you and the mate...

Oh! Henry Halls,thought it was you and the mate who sent the two of us poor cadets down to clear the sump out and then all I heard was silence from my mate........ "you OK?" " Aye, no bother just...
Forum: Historic Shipping Lines & Ships 11th May 2019, 10:13
Replies: 22
Views: 22,840
Posted By Pilot24
Its a great pity! I had the priviledge of being...

Its a great pity!
I had the priviledge of being pilot on her in and out of Belfast one sunny summers evening, (We usually get one a year in Belfast) and boy, did I get my eyes opened.
Tiny dinner...
Forum: Mess Deck 5th May 2019, 10:13
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By Pilot24
And like me, then you woke up! "this...

And like me, then you woke up!


"this morning I didn't wake up...
Forum: Say Hello 3rd May 2019, 09:29
Replies: 24
Views: 13,229
Posted By Pilot24
Yep! I stuck to it and boy, did it work wonders...

Yep! I stuck to it and boy, did it work wonders at times. There were times I lost the bap but whoever was on the receiving end knew they had crossed the line.
Nowt wrong with the 60s just the fact...
Forum: The Engine Room 29th April 2019, 09:20
Replies: 31
Views: 24,305
Posted By Pilot24
According to Mrs Pilot 24 Lidil is the only shop...

According to Mrs Pilot 24 Lidil is the only shop where you go from cold meats to chain saws!
Forum: Say Hello 17th April 2019, 09:40
Replies: 24
Views: 13,229
Posted By Pilot24
To be very honest I wasn't a fan of Bank Line for...

To be very honest I wasn't a fan of Bank Line for the last few years! I finished as second mate and had to put up with a richard cranium of a mate for three voyages and a captain who was stuck in the...
Forum: Say Hello 15th April 2019, 14:29
Replies: 24
Views: 13,229
Posted By Pilot24
Afternoon All!

A good friend of mine directed me to this forum for which I thank him.
I've just retired after having been a Harbour Pilot in Belfast for the last 21 years and having 25 years prior to that between...
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