[King Ratt]

Whilst serving in RFA Wave Chief I was presented with this tie by Col Whitbread in Rio de Janeiro for services rendered to many of the Round the World Race yachts. Many had radio snags which I managed to fix. The Wave Chief carried quite a lot of spare parts for use by any participants. This included Eastern Bloc entries. The yachts all finished up in Rio and were there in time for Mardi Gras. At the request of Whitbread, Wave Chief hosted an onboard reception for the yotties and various others. Whitbread supplied much booze much of which was left over after the function. Because customs duty would have to been levied on taking it back ashore in Rio, Whitbread said the ship could keep it. Great efforts were made by chief off and purser to put this legacy into the bond but not before a lot of it had vanished into cabin portholes and other hidey holes.