Originally Posted by
Belis4rius
A better one concerning Captain Courageous. We met some Dutch sweepers on the way to Newcastle, being the RO I was asked to signal the lead ship with the Aldis lamp, the rear ship kept interfering, I told him to wait until I was finished with the leader. On finishing I turned my attention to the rear ship and got a reply that was an invite to some drinks alongside in Newcastle. I passed this on to the skipper and that was that.
In Newcastle the skipper got all dressed up and trundled off for drinks to the Dutch who were moored aft of us. Fifteen minutes or so later I got a shout at the top of the hatch, it was the skipper, red faced and fuming, "It was the Dutch RO inviting you for a drink Anderson, not me!"
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