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X-Spam-Tests-Failed: Whitelisted [0] X-Note: generalbotha.co.za X-NOTE: 28 Aug 2006 :: 00:19:54 X-Country-Chain: X-Note: This E-mail was sent from ([196.38.148.98]). X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP To: undisclosed-recipients:; This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E8_01C6CA0A.2A1EC0A0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_00E9_01C6CA0A.2A1EC0A0" ------=_NextPart_001_00E9_01C6CA0A.2A1EC0A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable PO BOX 2454 DURBAN 4000 Chairman: Derek McManus Tel. (O): +27 (0)31 3039563 Tel. (H): +27 (0)31 7673719 Secretary:Ernest Nellmapius ernest@bsu.co.za Cell: +27 (0)83 253 7975 Tel (O): +27 (0)31 202 8242 Fax: +27 (0)31) 201 2458 S. A. T. S =20 PO BOX 4515 CAPE TOWN 8000 Chairman: Tony Nicholas cptchairman@generalbotha.co.za Tel. (O): +27 (0)21 421 4144 Fax: +27 (0)21 421 3194 Cell: +27 (0)82 555 2877 Tel. (H): +27(0)21 788 5957 =20 GENERAL BOTHA OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION http://www.generalbotha.co.za MAY 2006 JOINT NEWSLETTER =20 Should your address details change, please send your updated details to: = Tony Nicholas, cptchairman@generalbotha.co.za, Cellphone: 082 555 2877, = Phone (H): 021 788 5957. Please send any articles you may wish to be included in the Newsletter = to: Dennis Henwood, dhenwood@iafrica.com. Phone (H): +27 (0)21 6716373. = Fax: +27 (0)21 6713816 Visit our website http://www.generalbotha.co.za =20 CAPE TOWN BRANCH 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSOCIATION This year we celebrate a notable milestone, the 75th anniversary of the = establishment of our Association. Over the past 75 years much hard work = has been put in by dedicated individuals in order to achieve the goals = of the association and thus it is fitting that we mark the occasion. = Unfortunately the visionaries are no longer with us. The form of the = celebration will be a "late lunch" on board the Cable Restorer in = Simon's Town' S.A. Navy dockyard, known as the Roaring Forties = Restaurant. This is indeed a unique venue and as close to the original = ship as we can get. It is intended to precede the function with a visit = to our GB display in the S.A. Naval Museum, Main Road, Simon's Town. = There we shall be hosted by Old Boy Ian Manning who has been intimately = involved with the museum exhibit for many years. Date: Saturday 9th = September.=20 a.. Museum: Meet at the Museum @ 1215, Main Road, Simon's Town.=20 b.. Lunch: Meet on board 1345 for 1400.=20 c.. Menu: Three course meal including tea/coffee. Cash bar available.=20 d.. Cost: R90.00 per person. Cash bar available.=20 e.. Dress: Club blazer and tie preferred but not compulsory.=20 The emphasis is on enjoyment. Wives, partners, lovers and secretaries = are all welcome. a.. RSVP: Kathy Nicholas phone 021-788 5957 fax 021-086 604 0811=20 a.. Email: cptchairman@generalbotha.co.za=20 b.. Bookings must be in by Wednesday 6th. Space is limited, so book = early.=20 a.. Directions: Drive through Simon's Town, past Jubilee Square. Turn = left into Cole Point Road [between Sheriff & Magistrate's Court]. Go = round the circle and proceed through Naval security gate. Take first = left, then left again. Park on the grass area on the left. Do not park = on the quay. CS Cable Restorer is the first white ship on the left of = the quay.=20 Please note that payment prior to the day will be preferable so that as = little cash as possible is handled and our Treasurer may also enjoy the = gathering. Cheque or postal orders should be made out to "General Botha = Old Boys' Association". Alternatively, the payment can be made by electronic fund transfer = directly into our bank account. Details as follows: =B7 Bank: Standard Bank =B7 Branch: Thibault Square, Cape Town =B7 Branch code: 020909 =B7 Account name: General Botha Old Boys' Association =B7 Account number: 070835128 =20 DURBAN BRANCH GENERAL BOTHA 75TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER INVITATION 1931 - 2006 S.A.T.S General Botha Old Boys' Association=20 =20 The Chairman "Durban Branch" Derek Mc Manus, requests the pleasure of = your company to the General Botha Old Boys' Association, 75th = Anniversary Dinner to be held at Point Yacht Club Islander restaurant on = 25th August 2006 19h00 for 19h30 Cadet old salt no. 2420 - Capt. Roy Martin welcomes "Chantell Ilbury" = our Guest Speaker Roy - Chantell is one of South Africa's leading = strategists and facilitators, working both locally and internationally. = She specialises in guiding companies and other organisations through = their strategic conversations on the future, and she believes = passionately in the power of scenario thinking to unlock the best ideas = on strategy. =20 FROM THE BRIDGE OF s.s. CAPE TOWN (Tony Nicholas) SOS Mail returned from Dave Reid 1966 last known to be in Saldanha Bay with = the S.A. Navy and latterly reported to have joined a fishing company. = Simon Brebner 1979 last known with P&ONLL based in London. Ron Herman = 1966 last known as MD of Dart Line in the UK. All of you out there = explore every avenue to locate them and report back to me in Cape Town. ANCHORS AWEIGH C.P. MILES 1959/60. After Bothie Chris joined Safmarine. Left Safmarine = as Master in 1976 and subsequently held various positions in the shore = based shipping industry, surveying, stevedoring and ships agency. In = 1993 he was appointed General Manager of SGS South Africa Pty Ltd, 1995 = Manager of Bureau Veritas, Port of Richards Bay. Followed in 2002 = Standards Specialist with S.A. Maritime Safety Authority. Deceased = 13/05/2006. E.T. RIDGE 1944/45. Trevor passed away 21/04/2006. After Bothie Trevor = sailed with Ellerman's until 1955 when he became assistant to marine = superintendent with Thesens Steamship company in Cape Town. In 1967 he = joined Unicorn Lines where be eventually became their Marine Manager. = 1985 Trevor joined Cape Diving & Salvage until his retirement in 1989. R.G. RICH 1941/42. Ron sailed with Thesen's as Cadet and then Andrew = Weir's as 3rd Officer. He failed eyesight test, remained on the vessel = as Purser and DEMS gunnery officer. In 1946 he joined Ellerman & = Bucknall as Purser. 1949 settled in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) as a = manufacturere's agent. 1963 purchased Impala Arms Hotel and The White = House Inn in the Vumba Eastern District. Ron was also an active B.S.A.P. = member in field operations during the Rhodesian war which ended 1981. He = then returned to S.A. as Chief Buyer for Ncora Irrigation Scheme in the = Transkei. 2000 owned Gonubie Furnishers in East London. Deceased = 15/05/2006. See below for a message from his son Guy. R.H. RICEMAN 1954/55. Ron passed away in May this year. Unfortunately we = have no details of his career. Any information would be appreciated. A.W. BLUETT 1946/47 [by Brian Ingpen]. When 14-year-old Arthur Bluett = arrived at Cape Town's railway station from his native Port Elizabeth in = January 1946, he had no idea where to find the training ship General = Botha that he was joining. For directions, he approached a naval officer = who took him to the "Bothie's" office in St George's Street. Those kind = souls pointed him to the train that would take him to Simon's Town, and = off the youngster went. Towards the end of his two-year stint on the = training ship - then a stone frigate atop the mountain at Simon's Town - = he and a shipmate were piped aft to the Captain's office where they were = instructed to appear at Safmarine's office the following day in their = best uniforms. Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris, Safmarine's first managing = director, interviewed them personally, waxing eloquently about the = future of the one-year-old company and about the careers they could = carve for themselves as Safmarine grew. Both lads must have impressed = the former Bomber Command man and both received letters appointing them = to Morgenster, Safmarine's second ship, but as his shipmate contracted = scarlet fever, which precluded him from joining the vessel, Bluett = became the company's first cadet. Morgenster sailed shortly before = Christmas - his discharge sheet shows that he joined on December 21, = 1947 - a fact he would recall 20 years later when he met first-tripper = Cadet Sean Day [class of 1967], who was due to join SA Nederburg off = port limits at Cape Town, also a few days before Christmas. (Day is = chairman of the board of Teekay Tankers, the largest operator of Aframax = tankers.) Accommodated in an austere cabin with three seamen, Bluett's = home-from-home aboard Morgenster would have enticed few to embark on a = sea-going career. Yet many youngsters did just that and not only = survived the long voyages to Europe or the US, but also enjoyed their = experience aboard those Victory ships and, in the process, learnt much = to equip them for their later careers within the maritime sector. While = still a cadet, Bluett received an unexpected fillip to his meager pay; = he was promoted to acting fourth mate when the incumbent was flung off = his feet during a typical North Atlantic blow, and damaged his shoulder. = One night, shortly after Bluett had taken over the watch, the startled = master rushed up to the bridge, believing the temporarily promoted cadet = had caused a collision. However, he quickly discovered that the radar = mast had broken, crashing down on to the monkey island. Bluett completed = the required sea time for his second mate's ticket during a continuous = period of nearly 29 months at sea, and soon after he had passed his = master's ticket a few years later, Safmarine promoted the bright-eyed = and bushy-bearded officer to his first command aboard South African = Pioneer, one of the so-called Global quartet that Safmarine had = acquired. I am told that this appointment made him the youngest master = to command a Safmarine ship.=20 In the mid-1960s, Bluett came ashore to oversee Safmarine's new-building = program, and continued to move up the ladder to become a director in = 1985, the first to rise from cadet to the company's boardroom. One rainy = day, around 1967, I recall a beaming Bluett rounding us up to go to = Thibault Square - then a car park, plagued by the newly appointed meter = maids - to show us his new car, a Datsun Bluebird that he had shipped = from Japan aboard a Safmarine vessel. Two aspects of that incident are = relevant. I might be wrong, but I think his fancy car was the first of = its kind in South Africa, showing the impact Japanese vehicle = manufacturers have had on the local car market since then. The second = aspect told me much about the owner of that car: he included me - a mere = handlanger at Safmarine at the time - with more important folks in that = informal car inspection, and that was one of the qualities of the man. = He had time for people of all stations in life, and encouraged = youngsters in every way he could. Besides his involvement as a founder = member of the National Sea Rescue Institute, he helped lads belonging to = his church to build small yachts; he was proud to be associated with the = Naval Cadet movement (now Sea Cadets); he ploughed his experience back = into matters relating to maritime training, especially the General Botha = Old Boys' Association, and the establishment of the Maritime Studies = Department at Simon's Town School, projects close to his heart. He = simply wanted to expose others to the career that had given him so much = pleasure, a quest so tragically curtailed by ill-health The passing of = this devoted family man, devout Christian and role model for so many = raises an important issue. Here was one of the highly respected leaders = of the South African shipping industry whose voice was heard at high = levels in the land. Captain Arthur Bluett was also decorated by the = president for his efforts to promote the industry. The following email we received from Rob Riley (#2019, 1956/7):=20 "Bluey was a special person in my life and in many others. I first met = him when he was promoted to Chief Officer of the Constantia, I was a = very new cadet at the time. Sailing with him was a rewarding experience = and I learnt a tremendous amount from his strict but friendly = leadership. Through his years as Marine Supt., Marine Manager and = eventually Marine Director I continued to admire him. Even though I was = in the USA we kept in contact and it was with great pleasure that I was = able to accompany him on his visits to our area, they were fun times. During a recent visit to South Africa I was able to visit Bluey. It was = very sad to see him incapacitated by Parkinsons Disease, yet he still = had a spirit about him that showed what great strength this man had. He = truly was, and always will be, a Name Amongst Seafaring Men. The Bothy Old Boys and the Maritime Industry has lost a true friend. May = he rest in peace. Sincerely, Rob." SCRANBAG S.H. EDWARDS 1954/55 #1871. After Bothie Stewart joined the = Surveyor-General's Office in Cape Town and later left to join the = British South African Police in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) where he served = for 20 years. Relocated to the UK and got a position with a leisure = company as their security manager. Eight years later joined News = International Newspapers as their security director. Again eight years = later became security manager of Sky Television followed by a short = period with News Digital Systems. In 1993 joined Ingram Micro, an = American Company, as security manager and four years later retired. We = look forward to meeting you at the Cape Town lunches soon. A.H. SHARP 1961/62 #2214. Alex has spent three and a half years with = Rohlig in China and has now joined another company there, Younger Niche = Logistics, based in Shanghai, China, specializing in project cargo in = the freight industry. Don't get lost among the billions of locals there = mate. S.G. MILLAR 1982 #2765. Following a few years with Gearbulk in London, = Scott returned to Durban and established his own cargo broking business, = Millar Maritime. A.R. WYATT 1986 #2895. Andy has recently joined the London harbour = pilots' wardroom. S.P. HAY 1976 #2529. Stuart is now a "through" class 1 pilot meaning he = can take any size vessel as far as Crayfordness. M.S. BRIANT 1953/54 #1811. "My wife and I have settled in Nanaimo, on = Vancouver Island and are building a home for ourselves. After 10 years = living and traveling on our boat, it's good to be settled once again." = Mike, we shall miss your and Paddy's entertaining newsletters of your = experiences at sea. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? An interesting note from Graham Spires 1975 #2508. I am now with Sakhalin Energy, working as a Mooring Master on an = SALM/FSO tandem mooring setup at an offshore terminal about 53 degrees = North off the east coast of Sakhalin island. (to find Sakhalin: Put your = finger on a map of Russia; move east about 9721 km, still in Russia, = until you get to the Pacific Ocean; and somewhere near Vladivostok you = will see Sakhalin Island). Pretty wild country, full of rivers, lakes = and black and brown bears - one local woman recently killed by a hungry = bear only 10 km from the capital, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The bears have just = come out of hibernation and they are mean and hungry with very little = food available until later in summer. Definitely sub-arctic, and for six = months of the year the terminal hibernates with the SALM on the seabed = due to pack ice. Towards the end of the summer season we keep exporting = for as long as possible, by using two icebreakers to break up the ice = and keep the SALM and FSO protected. Very challenging. Its mid summer = now, and the air temperature is about 5 degrees - tolerable on a 28/28 = rotation. Mike Fleming (# 2670 - 1979), who worked with me for three = years near Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea, also turned up here about the = same time as me as the Smit Operations Manager based in the principal = city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. At the time Mike left Novo to go on leave in = February this year, neither of us had any idea we would end up here. = It's a very small world. We have recently chartered a brand new Swires = icebreaker, which arrived in the field yesterday. I arranged to go = across for an inspection, to look at towing arrangements etc. As I = stepped out of the Frog onto her aft deck, who should meet me; none = other than Malcolm Russell (# 2749 - 1981)! He is one of the four = expatriates on board. He is expecting to be here about two years on = rotation. We were shipmates about 1988 and he last saw me in 1996 = winching off the Rampart into the Richards Bay Pilots chopper. Americo = Barata (1979 # 2666) arrived on the Island recently to spend a two week = familiarization with Mike Fleming. He will take over from Mike towards = the end of July. So for a spell there will be four Obies on the Island - = out of half a million people on this sparsely populated, isolated, = wind-swept and frozen suburb of Siberia. So I guess we have enough Obies = on this small sub-arctic island to start a branch of the GBOBA. The = GBOBA flag flies in some strange places. [A SALM is a Single Anchor Leg Mooring. Basically a 'tower' hinged at = the seabed. When ballasted, it lies horizontally on the bottom, = returning to vertical operational use when deballasted. A FSO is a = Floating Storage ?? (Can't remember the 'O'). Basically a specially = modified vessel that acts as a storage tanker. The market tanker ties up = astern, piloted by Graham Spires, and loads from the FSO]. THE LEGEND LIVES ON. Ian Manning writes; "A few weeks ago you sent me a copy of a page from a = Lloyd's Register concerning a dry cargo ship, circa 1921, called GENERAL = BOTHA. We also discussed a trawler GENERAL BOTHA, the existence of which = prevented Captain Renouf from registering our SATS GENERAL BOTHA as such = and forced him to register her initially as "TS GENERAL BOTHA". While = looking for something else, entirely unconnected, I came across the = trawler GENERAL BOTHA listed in Warships of World War 2. GENERAL BOTHA had a gross tonnage of 245 and was built in 1916. In July = 1940 she was requisitioned [with literally hundreds of other commercial = trawlers] by the British Royal Navy. They employed her as a Minesweeper, = still named GENERAL BOTHA, with a pennant number FY599. She was returned = to her owners in November 1945. Unfortunately no details of ownership or = port of registry are given. Maybe they would be in an old Lloyd's? The above information leads me to assume that she was the "trawler = GENERAL BOTHA" that Captain Renouf referred to in his report of the = delivery voyage of what later became SATS GENERAL BOTHA. The trawler was = certainly around in 1921 when Captain Renouf attempted registration." = Another interesting fact is that a ship's bell, engraved General Botha = was recently offered for sale from America on the internet auction site, = eBay. The size of the bell indicated that it may have been from the = trawler mentioned by Ian. AN ADVENTURE STORY - G. REINDERS 1958/59 #E18 "By a sheer fluke I came upon the GB website when I typed my name into = the internet Yahoo search engine. The crest and a statement that I was a = commercial pilot at Axex Air in 1958 appeared on the screen. That was = damn near 50 years ago. I am now 64. I have led a full life since then. = I flew Boeings for SAA 1968 -1973. I sailed out of Cape Town on the = first Cape to Rio race January 1976 on a yacht I built. I sailed into = Argentina for Mrs. Peron's revolution, and spent a year there during = their "Dirty War" I once nearly disappeared but the officer on duty the = night they grabbed me was in my karate class and sent me safely home. = The Admiral of the fleet was my friend's brother so he kept me out of = trouble. I immigrated into Canada on 26 March 1977. The next 26 years in = Canada I spent as a Pilot, a Flying Instructor, a Carpenter, a small = businessman, an Infrared Thermographic Technician and a hydroponics = specialist. I wrote two books on Hydroponics which still bring me some = royalties. In 2000 I sailed out of Vancouver single handed headed for = French Polynesia and onward, on the second yacht I built. I had a fellow = cadet, Richard Johnson 58/59 and we had a blood-pact to sail around the = world together -- I wonder if he remembers that, or managed to achieve = it as I did. He lived for sailing then and I hated it. I sailed into = Fiji in 2000 in time for George Speight's Coup De Etat. A few months = later in 2000 I lost my yacht on a reef at Futuna Island (800 Km NE of = Fiji) I ended up in the Philippines 2001. Here I am now. I have arrived = in Paradise and have been given a new lease on life. I am reliving my = teenage years. I go to Tai Kwon Do every night. Everybody in the gym is = 15-25 years old. At 64 I am better than about half of them." We do not = have any details of Richard Johnson on our GB database. Any news of him = would be appreciated. Please let Tony Nicholas know. "Southern" Lunch - Simon's Town (Ian Manning reports) A very successful second "Southern" lunch was held at the Seven Seas = Club on 181200 Jul 06. Twenty-two people sat down to lunch comprising - = 20 GENERAL BOTHAs, 01 WORCESTER, 01 Trinity College, Hull. Thirteen of = these GENERAL BOTHAs never attend the RCYC lunches. There were six = GENERAL BOTHAs this time who did not attend the previous lunch. We had = several apologies. To sum up: GENERAL BOTHA attendance at the 18 Jul 06 = lunch 20, at the 18 Apr 06 lunch 19. The Seven Seas Club caterer offered four dishes this time. There was = plenty of food. "Seconds" and even "thirds" were available. A large = helping of apple crumble and cream was available at an additional R10. = About half the attendees had the dessert. We have arranged that in = future coffee will be included in the price of the basic lunch.=20 The Club is very happy to host the GENERAL BOTHA lunches and Brad and I = are certainly happy with the support received from people who would not = normally attend the GENERAL BOTHA lunch. The influence of the OBA is = being extended. Hopefully numbers will increase further as the word is = passed. All comments received were positive. Ian Manning. Gauteng Branch (Ivor Little). GAUTENG SPRING FUNCTION The next Gauteng Commissioning Day luncheon will be held at the = Bryanston Sports Club on Sunday, 17 September. The luncheon will take = the form of a full three course buffet at R65 per person and will = commence at 12h00 for 12h30. Our hosts will be Graham and Colleen = Jooste and full sporting facilities, including swimming, are available.=20 Gauteng members will receive a more detailed invitation, including = directions, closer to the time. Ivor. UNITED KINGDOM BRANCH NEWS - Ted Fisher reports The heat wave that has gripped the country for the past month has = finally ended with thunderstorms across much of the country - = temperatures up to 38C have beaten those of the drought stricken July of = 1976. Having just returned from holiday in Holland I can confirm much of = Europe has been in the same position! No doubt this is the norm for many = of you!=20 I'm afraid, not a great deal to report on this session. Following my = comment in the last Newsletter on Graham Petrie (# 1000 38/39) as being = probably, our most senior UK member brought a quick response from Alan = Bole (49/50) up in Wirral Cheshire to the effect that sadly, he is not = the most senior OBIE in the UK. That honour falls to Bob Lambert (#696 = 33/34) who resides in Nantwich Cheshire. He was a Crash Boat Commander = based in Gordons Bay during WW2 long before Bothie ever moved there. = Alan and Bob lunch together every couple of months and during my phone = conversation with Bob he confirmed he is planning a mini-cruise and = sends greetings to all UK Obies. Naturally, my apologies went to Bob for incorrect reporting!! Alan also reported Keith Lindsay (#2180 60/61) and himself had been on a = trip to Dortmund where they visited the largest Model Building = Exhibition in the world. As an ex-construction industry member I would be very interested in = hearing more so, perhaps Alan could do a note on the visit which I'm = sure would be of interest to all Obies in the next Newsletter! Reunions - through the 'network' I'd been in contact with Stewart = Edwards (54/55 whose parents owned Thelma's Guest House in Gordons Bay) = - at the end of July, Caroline and I met with him and wife Pam for a = most enjoyable lunch near Petersfield. We were both 54/55 (he being a = member of the Band (bugler) plus sporting interests) and I believe it = was instant recognition after a gap of 50 years!! Stewart and Pam live = near Newbury Berkshire. Following Bothy, Stewart joined British = SouthAfrica Police in Rhodesia then moved to the UK in the = mid-seventies. He is now beginning to enjoy retirement - perhaps Stewart = would also give a resume of his time since leaving the college!! Caroline and I had the pleasure of entertaining Ricky Flint (Ex-Conway) = here in Storrington for a weekend in early July - Ricky was on his = bi-annual visit to these shores and naturally meeting with other friends = and family. Ricky and I sailed as cadets in Union Castle all those years = ago! From Ricky, greetings to all past shipmates through Union Castle = and Safmarine. Again another pleasant outing - Caroline and I joined Peter and Norma = Heydenryck for Peter's pre-three score years and ten birthday lunch at = their temporary 'pad' in Aldingbourne near Chichester. Amazing how the = years fly by!! Finally, details on Michael Wijnberg RNR (40/41) were passed to me = through Johnny Johnston (#985 38/39) Michael is of course the brother of = Paul Wijnberg ex-CCC and Gold Medal Winner. Michael appears to spend a = part of the year in the UK residing in Woodbridge Suffolk and in Zambia = - he also sends greetings to all Obies wherever they are travelling! Future event - still under consideration with comment and suggestions = awaited?? My best wishes to all readers and as always I welcome comments from = anybody! Ted Fisher +44(0)1903 744400 and e-mail: tedefisher@aol.com.=20 Australia Branch News (Peter O'Hare). The gremlins attacked our May report. This is a full update for both May = and August.=20 The Commissioning day Lunch was held at the Hero of Waterloo pub in = Sydney on 18th March. It was not very well attended as people were ill = or overseas. The most disappointing aspect was the poor response from = Old Boys to the invitation. So that we know you are out there it would = be good to at least receive a reply! The lunch was however very good and we all had a good time. A last = minute surprise was the attendance of Rudolf Auer ( 59/60) who has moved = to the NSW Central Coast from NZ. He had a lot to tell us of his past = particularly his career in the SAN. Jinny Parsons discharged herself = from hospital for the afternoon - a great effort. The following weekend our SE Queensland contingent also met and I know = they have reported in to Cape Town. Stan Damp has retired as Vice Chairman and we decided to invite Andy = Fothringham to accept the position which he has done. Thanks Andy, = please work on those Granger Bay Old Boys for the 2007 get together. On Saturday 15th July we got together for Lunch at the Great Northern = Hotel in Chatswood, Sydney. All had a good time. John Fisher flew in = from Adelaide, a great effort. It was decided that the 2007 AGM and Commissioning Day Lunch will be = held in SE Queensland with the Sydney contingent doing the traveling. = The date will be Saturday 17th March with the venue to be decided by the = locals with Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Brisbane being considered. = All have airports with discount flights available and we will do = everything possible to get as many Old Boys and Wives/Partners along. Our Year End function for Sydney in 2006 will be: Informal Lunch 25th November. Great Northern Hotel Chatswood.. Regards to all old Boys everywhere. If you are passing through Australia = please contact us and we will arrange a get together at short notice. = Peter O'Hare (#2247, 1964) Hon Secretary, Australia Branch. Email = peteroh@bigpond.com, telephone 0417 028809. =20 UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN - BY #920 R.B. DICKIN 1937/39. Members will recall the excellent review written by Barry Cullen in our = May newsletter edition. If not go back and read again. This excellent = tale of a Bothie Boy's experiences is available by order from the = association. It is a recommended read and a valuable part of the Legend. = Copies are available by order from Cape Town Branch at a cost of R60.00 = Place your order now with:=20 Kathy Nicholas: Phone: 021-7885957 fax: 021-086 604 0811 Email: = cptchairman@generalbotha.co.za =20 =20 THANK YOU TO THE "GENERAL BOTHA" FOR THE LIFE LESSONS=20 By Guy Rich, son of the late Ronald Rich (1941/42) I am the man I am today because of my Father - he taught me all I know. = My Father was the man he was because of the General Botha - the values, = discipline and respect it taught him as a sailor in the late 30's/early = 40's (exact dates unknown). My Father loved the sea. He spoke fondly of the memories he had of his = training in the General Botha and his time at sea with the Merchant Navy = during World War II. He instilled in me a sense of pride, dignity, = discipline and respect - values that he was taught as a sailor. Many of my Father's friends have told me that sailors are a different = breed. This I know - I followed in his footsteps by joining the South = African Navy after I left school in the late 80's. I am still actively = involved as a lieutenant in the SAN Reserves - something my Father was = very proud of. The most important lessons he taught me in life was to keep your = integrity and credibility intact, be honest with yourself and with = others, hold your head high in times of doubt, face challenges head on, = maintain your dignity, respect others and take pride in all that you do. These life lessons he had learnt from his training in the General Botha = and his time at sea - and these were the lessons he had handed down to = me. My success can be directly attributed to these simple life lessons. There are no words to describe what the General Botha meant to my Father = or the profound influence, be it indirectly, it has had on my life. All = I can say is THANK YOU to those who went before, those who served with = and those who came after my Father.=20 The General Botha has touched and influenced many lives - many of them = beyond the realm of those who served on her directly. The legacy of the = General Botha will live on in the hearts and minds of those whose lives = were changed by having the honour to serve on the "Bothie".=20 On behalf of my Father, Ron Rich, I salute you for keeping the legacy = alive and maintaining the true and steadfast ways associated with "Old = Salts" of the sea. SLOP CHEST These slop chest items all proudly display our association insignia and = is available from Cape Town branch. Place your orders without delay with = Kathy Nicholas: Phone: 021-7885957 fax: 021-086 604 0811 Email: = cptchairman@generalbotha.co.za BADGE R100 =20 FLAG R100 =20 TIE [STRIPED] R60 =20 PLAQUE R100 =20 PEAK CAP [BASEBALL TYPE] R70 =20 'n NAAM WAT SEEVAARDERS EER Geskiedenis van die opleiding skip. DONASIE =20 A NAME AMONG SEAFARING MEN History of the training ship. DONATION =20 FIRST DAY COVER 60th anniversary of our Old Boys' Association DONATION =20 BELT BUCKLE R100 =20 PLUS PACKAGING AND POSTAGE! Note: some items in the slop chest are available from Durban branch as = well. Cheque or postal order should be made out to "General Botha Old Boys' = Association". Post to: P.O. Box 4515, Cape Town, 8000. Alternatively, = the payment can be made by electronic fund transfer directly into our = bank account. Details as follows: a.. Bank: Standard Bank=20 a.. Branch: Thibault Square, Cape Town=20 a.. Branch code: 02 09 09=20 a.. Account name: General Botha Old Boys' Association=20 b.. Account number: 070835128=20 =20 "Tired & Knackered" >From the Master & Chief Engineer onboard the "P&O Nedlloyd Taranaki"=20 Will Stoker & Dave Bulbeck=20 Blue Star Ship Management PO Box 436 3000 AK Rotterdam=20 The Netherlands=20 14th October 2005=20 Sir, We have just read that Hyundai Heavy Industries are awaiting orders = for the first 13,400 TEU container ships, a veritable giant if ever = there was one. The problem we now see is that these behemoths will be in = port for such a long time, which kind of defeats the idea behind the = container ship, so we thought that it was about time the container = itself was modified to reduce the number of moves.=20 Relatively, the container is getting smaller and smaller, so why not = look for something a little bigger to place onboard?=20 Having given this some thought, we decided that if the new container was = big enough, we could then give it a sharp end and a blunt end, put an = engine in it, and call it.....a general cargo ship!=20 What an innovative idea!=20 m.v. "Tired & Knackered"=20 News from Trevor Richards (#2484, 1974)We received an update from Trevor = as follows:=20 I have enjoyed the Bothie OB newsletters and need to put in a change of = address, which has prompted me to send you a quick update on my life and = I will also be sending a check under separate cover as a donation to = help cover the postage over the years! On leaving Safmarine in '82 (approx), spent 4 years sailing around the = world, met an American girl in Australia, (which ended my single handing = days), got married in Knysna in '86, sailed back to the States and = settled in Maryland in '88, where we got a job managing a full service = marina. 18 years and 2 kids later we are still here and are part = owners! My brother Alan has been working for me for the past 8 years or = so as the boatyard manager. We still have our Knysna build Endurance 37 = "Wandering Star" - who knows, my wife has not seen the Pacific yet! Kind = regards, Trevor Richards, President, Spring Cove Marina, Solomons MD. = springcove@earthlink.net. I recommend for those yachtsmen and others = interested to go to the website www.springcovemarina.com, and see what = Trevor has to offer the local and visiting yachts in the Chesapeake. He = has also written an interesting Autumn newsletter that you will find on = the site.=20 Extract from Cape Times - 16 August 06, Brian Ingpen When the containership CP Valour sought refuge in the lee of the Azores = in December last year to effect engine repairs, she grounded on a = particularly inhospitable part of the Faial Island and suffered = considerable bottom damage. The wreck is exposed to the full brunt of = the Atlantic swell, magnified by the shape of the bay. Yet, using heavy = a heavy-lift barge and pontoons, Captain Nick Sloane (#2750, 1981) and = his team from Svitzer-Wijsmuller's Cape Town office have salvaged nearly = 400 cubic meters of fuel, as well as more than 500 containers and are = currently removing about 1,000 tons of machinery from the engine room, a = task that Sloane expects to finish before the first week of September, = when he hopes to refloat the vessel. The Svitzer-Wijsmuller team were = also involved in the salvage of huge logs from the Kiperousa, wrecked = south of East London last year. THE RUGBY SCORE! Contributed by George Foulis cadet #1594, 1949/50 The latest rugby scores reminded me of a very amusing occasion while in = the U.K. Safmarine's ss. Vergelegen was strike bound in Liverpool mid = 1951. It was great to have the extra time, to get to know the lovely = ladies there. Somehow word got to Liverpool University that there was a = crowd of South Africans in the port and that they would have a great = game against a crowd of "Springboks", even though they did not actually = represent their country. I have a feeling that Potty [Pierre Potgieter = 1945/46] might have been responsible for the rumour, as he had also = recently had an extended holiday at that port. We managed to borrow some = togs, and duly arrived at the university rugby ground. Our girl friends = came to cheer us on. How so many could have known so little about the = game of rugby I will never know. Len, one of the Junior Engineers, was a = soccer player. As he chased one of the opposition he heard one of the = supporters shout, "trip him Len", and he duly complied. Their wing took = a nose dive into the muddy grass. Then our full back, Morman, received = the ball a second before the Liverpool pack dived onto him, grabbed the = ball, and scored another try. "You should have fallen on it, you fool", = we said. The next time he received the ball, with the opposition a = quarter of the field away, he fell on it. The score was 44-nil at half = time, and the opposition decided that the only way they would get a game = at all would be to change forwards with the Springboks. The second half = was a much more even contest and we all had a lot of fun. I was placed = on the right wing. My opponent played for his country, so I was = flattened every couple of minutes, in the second, as well as in the = first half. The party afterwards was a great affair even though our girl = friends had left in embarrassment before half time. We made several good = friends through our contact with the university team. THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (TWO HUNDRED YEARS ON) Contributed by Gerry Stalling (#1854, 1953/54) Nelson: "Order the signal, Hardy." Hardy: "Aye, Aye, sir." Nelson: "Hold on, that's not what I dictated to the Signals Officer. = What's the meaning of this?" Hardy: "Sorry sir?" Nelson: (reading aloud): "England expects every person to do his duty, = regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious persuasion or = disability. What gobbledygook is this?" Hardy: "Admiralty policy, I'm afraid, sir. We're an equal opportunities = employer now. We had the devil's own job getting 'England' past the = censors, lest it be considered racist." Nelson: "Gadzooks, Hardy. Hand me my pipe and tobacco." Hardy: "Sorry sir. All naval vessels have been designated smoke-free = working environments." Nelson: "In that case, break open the rum ration. Let us splice the = mainbrace to steel the men before battle." Hardy: "The rum ration has been abolished, Admiral. It's part of the = Government's policy on binge drinking." Nelson: "Good heavens, Hardy. I suppose we'd better get on with it..full = speed ahead." Hardy: "I think you'll find there's a 4 knot speed limit in this = stretch of water." Nelson: "Damn it man! We are on the eve of the greatest sea battle in = history. We must advance with all dispatch. Report from the crow's nest = please." Hardy: "That won't be possible, sir." Nelson: "What?" Hardy: "Health and safety have closed the crow's nest, sir. No = harness, and they said that rope ladder doesn't meet regulations. They = won't let anyone up there until a proper scaffolding can be erected." Nelson: "Then get the ship's carpenter without delay, Hardy." Hardy: "He's busy knocking up a wheelchair access to the fo'c'sle, = Admiral." Nelson: "Wheelchair access? I've never heard anything so absurd." Hardy: "Health and safety again, sir. We have to provide a barrier-free = environment for the differently abled." Nelson: "Differently abled? I've only one arm and one eye and I refuse = even to hear mention of the word. I didn't get to the rank of admiral by = playing the disability card." Hardy: "Actually, sir, you did. The Royal Navy is under-represented in = the areas of visual impairment and limb deficiency." Nelson: "Whatever next? Give me full sail.The salt spray beckons." Hardy: "A couple of problems there too, sir. Health and safety won't = let the crew up the rigging without hard hats. And they don't want = anyone breathing in too much salt - haven't you seen the adverts?" Nelson: "I've never heard such infamy. Break out the cannon and tell = the men to stand by to engage the enemy." Hardy: "The men are a bit worried about shooting at anyone, = Admiral." Nelson: "What? This is mutiny." Hardy: "It's not that, sir. It's just that they're afraid of being = charged with murder if they actually kill anyone. There's a couple of = legal-aid lawyers on board, watching everyone like hawks." Nelson: "Then how are we to sink the Frenchies and the Spanish?" Hardy: "Actually, sir, we're not." Nelson: "We're not?" Hardy: "No, sir. The Frenchies and the Spanish are our European = partners now. According to the Common Fisheries Policy, we shouldn't = even be in this stretch of water. We could get hit with a claim for = compensation." Nelson: "But you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil." Hardy: "I wouldn't let the ship's Diversity Coordinator hear you = saying that sir. You'll be up on a disciplinary." Nelson: "You must consider every man an enemy, who speaks ill of = your King." Hardy: "Not anymore, sir. We must be inclusive in this multicultural = age. Now put on your Kevlar vest; it's the rules. I could save your = life." Nelson: "Don't tell me - health and safety. Whatever happened to = rum, sodomy and the lash?" Hardy: "As I explained, sir, rum is off the menu! And there's a ban = on corporal punishment." Nelson: "What about sodomy?" Hardy: "I believe that is now legal, sir." Nelson: "In that case..kiss me, Hardy".!!!! KNOW YOUR WAY....... I wanted to leave a message for a colleague in Cape Town. Please ask him to phone me in Polokwane", I said "Where?" his secretary asked sounding as if she had bitten into a lemon; = "Polokwane, where's that?" "Between Mokopane and Makhado in Limpopo " I explained. "Where is this?" she asked patiently. I could hear she thought she had a joker on the line. "Well," I explained, "you drive from Tshwane past Bela-Bela and = Modimolle through the tollgate. Continue past Mokopane but watch your = speed as speed traps make lots of money from those traveling too fast. = Polokwane is just after Mokopane, but if you reach Makhado you have gone = too far. I am not quite sure how we ended on the road route when all I = wanted was a telephone call......" "Just hold it right there sir?" she interrupts, "where is Makhado?" "Between Polokwane and Musina" I said trying to be helpful. "Excuse me sir but where in hell is Musina?" she asked getting slightly = hysterical. "Musina is between Makhado and Harare," I said gently. "Do you live in Harare?" she asks as if she had suddenly seen the light. "No " I said " I am trying to explain where Polokwane is." "In Zimbabwe?" she asks hopefully. "No, in Limpopo." I corrected her.=20 She gave a helpless sigh and said "please can we start again." I think, at this stage, she thought she was live on air with Leon = Schuster and became a bit wary. "Where is Tshwane?" "That's easy," I said, "between Bela-Bela and Egoli." "No sir, I mean the town." "So do I," said I. I could hear she was now into soapies while I was = still on the road so to speak.=20 "Egoli is on the other side of Tshwane when coming from the direction of = Bela-Bela" I said.=20 "Excuse me sir, have you perhaps had too much to drink?" "No", I said "I am not drunk - they changed the name " "Do you mean someone has changed your name? ". "No not my name, the town's name," I corrected her "What town's name?" "Pietersburg". "You live in Pietersburg!" she cries and I could hear the dawn of = understanding. "No" I said I "I live in Polokwane formerly known as Pietersburg." "No s**t?" she asked. "No s**t" I confirmed. "So you are phoning from Polokwane previously know as Pietersburg?"=20 "Exactly," I confirmed.=20 "What were all the other names you mentioned?" she asked. I realised this lass needed a lesson in the geography of our country = pretty damn quick so I explained:=20 "Egoli was Johannesburg, Tshwane is Pretoria. If you travel North you = pass Bela-Bela, formerly Warmbaths, after that Modimolle that was = Nylstroom and Potgietersrust that is Mokopane now. After Mokopane you = get Polokwane that was Pietersburg then Louis Trichardt that became = Makhado. After you have passed Makhado you get Musina that was = originally Messina." "And Musina is by the Limpopo !" she said triumphantly. "Yes" I said, "but the Limpopo I was speaking of is the province". "What do you call the river then?" "Limpopo.ooooo!" I said. "Bloody hell!" Happy Birthday HH! Admiral Hugo Hendrick Biermann, former Chief of the South African = Defence Force and Cadet No.610 [1932-1933 term] will celebrate his 90th = birthday on 06 August 2006. He is South Africa' only "full" Admiral and = was the first former Cadet of the GENERAL BOTHA to achieve flag rank in = any Navy. He achieved a great deal in his life and ranks high among the = most successful and famous of our former Cadets. In the past he was an = enthusiastic member of the Association and was a guest speaker at = several Commissioning Day dinners. The Naval Heritage Society published = his biography in their Naval Digest [No 9: October 2003].=20 =20 The Last Word. The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to = change and the Realist adjusts his sails.Scribe: Dennis Henwood = dhenwood@iafrica.com.=20 =20 =20 =20 Scribe (dhenwood@iafrica.com).=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_001_00E9_01C6CA0A.2A1EC0A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 

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JOINT=20 NEWSLETTER

 

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CAPE=20 TOWN=20 BRANCH

75TH=20 ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSOCIATION

This year we celebrate a = notable=20 milestone, the 75th anniversary of the establishment of our=20 Association. Over the past 75 years much hard work has been put in by = dedicated=20 individuals in order to achieve the goals of the association and thus it = is=20 fitting that we mark the occasion. Unfortunately the visionaries are no = longer=20 with us. The form of the celebration will be a "late lunch" on board the = Cable=20 Restorer in Simon=92s Town=92 S.A. Navy dockyard, known as the Roaring = Forties=20 Restaurant. This is indeed a unique venue and as close to the original = ship as=20 we can get. It is intended to precede the function with a visit to our = GB=20 display in the S.A. Naval=20 Museum, = Main = Road, Simon=92s=20 Town. There we shall be hosted by Old Boy Ian Manning who has been = intimately=20 involved with the museum exhibit for many years. Date: Saturday = 9th=20 September.

  • Museum: Meet at the = Museum @ 1215,=20 Main=20 Road, Simon=92s Town. =
  • Lunch: Meet on board = 1345 for=20 1400.
  • Menu: Three course meal = including=20 tea/coffee. Cash bar available.
  • Cost: R90.00 per person. = Cash bar=20 available.
  • Dress: Club blazer and = tie=20 preferred but not compulsory.

The emphasis is on = enjoyment. Wives,=20 partners, lovers and secretaries are all=20 welcome.

  • RSVP: Kathy Nicholas = phone 021-788=20 5957 fax 021-086 604 0811
    • Email: cptchairman@generalbotha.co.za=20
    • Bookings must be in by = Wednesday=20 6th. Space is limited, so book early.=20
  • Directions: Drive = through Simon=92s=20 Town, past Jubilee Square. Turn left into Cole Point Road [between = Sheriff &=20 Magistrate=92s Court]. Go round the circle and proceed through Naval = security=20 gate. Take first left, then left again. Park on the grass area on the = left. Do=20 not park on the quay. CS = Cable=20 Restorer is the first white ship on the left of the = quay.=20

Please note that payment = prior to=20 the day will be preferable so that as little cash as possible is handled = and our=20 Treasurer may also enjoy the gathering. Cheque or postal orders should = be made=20 out to "General Botha Old Boys=92 = Association".

Alternatively, the payment = can be=20 made by electronic fund transfer directly into our bank account. Details = as=20 follows:

=B7       =20 Bank: Standard Bank

=B7       =20 Branch: Thibault=20 Square, Cape=20 Town

=B7       =20 Branch code: 020909

=B7       =20 Account name: General Botha Old Boys'=20 Association

=B7       =20 Account number: = 070835128

 

DURBAN=20 BRANCH

GENERAL=20 BOTHA

75TH=20 ANNIVERSARY DINNER INVITATION

1931 = =96=20 2006

S.A.T.S = General=20 Botha Old Boys=92 Association

 

The = Chairman=20 "Durban Branch" Derek Mc Manus, requests the pleasure of your company to = the=20 General Botha Old Boys=92 Association, 75th Anniversary = Dinner to be=20 held at Point Yacht Club Islander restaurant on 25th August=20 2006

19h00 = for=20 19h30

Cadet = old salt=20 no. 2420 - Capt. Roy Martin welcomes "Chantell Ilbury" our Guest Speaker = Roy -=20 Chantell is one of South = Africa's=20 leading strategists and facilitators, working both locally and = internationally.=20 She specialises in guiding companies and other organisations through = their=20 strategic conversations on the future, and she believes passionately in = the=20 power of scenario thinking to unlock the best ideas on=20 strategy.

 

FROM = THE BRIDGE=20 OF s.s. CAPE=20 TOWN (Tony=20 Nicholas)

SOS

Mail returned from = Dave Reid 1966 last known to be = in Saldanha=20 Bay with the S.A. Navy and latterly reported to have joined a fishing = company.=20 Simon Brebner 1979 last = known with=20 P&ONLL based in London. Ron=20 Herman 1966 last known as MD of Dart Line in the = UK. = All of you=20 out there explore every avenue to locate them and report back to me in = Cape=20 Town.

ANCHORS = AWEIGH

C.P. = MILES=20 1959/60. After Bothie=20 Chris joined Safmarine. Left Safmarine as Master in 1976 and = subsequently held=20 various positions in the shore based shipping industry, surveying, = stevedoring=20 and ships agency. In 1993 he was appointed General Manager of SGS South = Africa=20 Pty Ltd, 1995 Manager of Bureau Veritas, Port of Richards=20 Bay. Followed in 2002 Standards Specialist = with=20 S.A. Maritime Safety = Authority.=20 Deceased 13/05/2006.

E.T. = RIDGE=20 1944/45. Trevor passed=20 away 21/04/2006. After Bothie Trevor sailed with Ellerman=92s until 1955 = when he=20 became assistant to marine superintendent with Thesens Steamship company = in=20 Cape = Town. In=20 1967 he joined Unicorn Lines where be eventually became their Marine = Manager.=20 1985 Trevor joined Cape Diving & = Salvage=20 until his retirement in 1989.

R.G. = RICH=20 1941/42. Ron = sailed=20 with Thesen's as Cadet and then Andrew Weir's as 3rd Officer. He failed = eyesight=20 test, remained on the vessel as Purser and DEMS gunnery officer. In 1946 = he=20 joined Ellerman & Bucknall as Purser. 1949 settled in = Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) as a=20 manufacturere's agent. 1963 purchased Impala Arms Hotel and The White = House Inn=20 in the Vumba Eastern District. Ron was also an active B.S.A.P. member in = field=20 operations during the Rhodesian war which ended 1981. He then returned = to=20 S.A. as Chief Buyer = for Ncora=20 Irrigation Scheme in the Transkei. 2000 owned = Gonubie=20 Furnishers in East London. Deceased = 15/05/2006.=20 See below for a message from his son Guy.

R.H. = RICEMAN=20 1954/55. Ron = passed=20 away in May this year. Unfortunately we have no details of his career. = Any=20 information would be appreciated.

A.W. = BLUETT=20 1946/47 [by = Brian=20 Ingpen]. When 14-year-old Arthur Bluett arrived at Cape=20 Town's railway station from his native Port Elizabeth in January 1946, he = had no idea=20 where to find the training ship General Botha that he was joining. For=20 directions, he approached a naval officer who took him to the "Bothie's" = office=20 in St George's=20 Street. Those kind souls pointed him to the = train=20 that would take him to Simon's Town, and off the youngster went. Towards = the end=20 of his two-year stint on the training ship - then a stone frigate atop = the=20 mountain at Simon's Town - he and a shipmate were piped aft to the = Captain's=20 office where they were instructed to appear at Safmarine's office the = following=20 day in their best uniforms. Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris, Safmarine's = first=20 managing director, interviewed them personally, waxing eloquently about = the=20 future of the one-year-old company and about the careers they could = carve for=20 themselves as Safmarine grew. Both lads must have impressed the former = Bomber=20 Command man and both received letters appointing them to Morgenster, = Safmarine's=20 second ship, but as his shipmate contracted scarlet fever, which = precluded him=20 from joining the vessel, Bluett became the company's first cadet. = Morgenster=20 sailed shortly before Christmas - his discharge sheet shows that he = joined on=20 December 21, 1947 - a fact he would recall 20 years later when he met=20 first-tripper Cadet Sean Day [class of 1967], who was due to join SA = Nederburg=20 off port limits at Cape Town, also a few days before Christmas. (Day is = chairman=20 of the board of Teekay Tankers, the largest operator of Aframax = tankers.)=20 Accommodated in an austere cabin with three seamen, Bluett's = home-from-home=20 aboard Morgenster would have enticed few to embark on a sea-going = career. Yet=20 many youngsters did just that and not only survived the long voyages to = Europe=20 or the US, but also enjoyed their experience aboard those Victory ships = and, in=20 the process, learnt much to equip them for their later careers within = the=20 maritime sector. While still a cadet, Bluett received an unexpected = fillip to=20 his meager pay; he was promoted to acting fourth mate when the incumbent = was=20 flung off his feet during a typical North=20 Atlantic blow, and damaged his shoulder. One night, shortly = after=20 Bluett had taken over the watch, the startled master rushed up to the = bridge,=20 believing the temporarily promoted cadet had caused a collision. = However, he=20 quickly discovered that the radar mast had broken, crashing down on to = the=20 monkey island. Bluett completed the required sea time for his second = mate's=20 ticket during a continuous period of nearly 29 months at sea, and soon = after he=20 had passed his master's ticket a few years later, Safmarine promoted the = bright-eyed and bushy-bearded officer to his first command aboard South = African=20 Pioneer, one of the so-called Global quartet that Safmarine had = acquired. I am=20 told that this appointment made him the youngest master to command a = Safmarine=20 ship.

In the mid-1960s, Bluett = came ashore=20 to oversee Safmarine's new-building program, and continued to move up = the ladder=20 to become a director in 1985, the first to rise from cadet to the = company's=20 boardroom. One rainy day, around 1967, I recall a beaming Bluett = rounding us up=20 to go to Thibault Square - then a car park, plagued by the newly = appointed meter=20 maids - to show us his new car, a Datsun Bluebird that he had shipped = from Japan=20 aboard a Safmarine vessel. Two aspects of that incident are relevant. I = might be=20 wrong, but I think his fancy car was the first of its kind in=20 South=20 Africa, showing the impact Japanese = vehicle=20 manufacturers have had on the local car market since then. The second = aspect=20 told me much about the owner of that car: he included me - a mere = handlanger at=20 Safmarine at the time - with more important folks in that informal car=20 inspection, and that was one of the qualities of the man. He had time = for people=20 of all stations in life, and encouraged youngsters in every way he = could.=20 Besides his involvement as a founder member of the National Sea Rescue=20 Institute, he helped lads belonging to his church to build small yachts; = he was=20 proud to be associated with the Naval Cadet movement (now Sea Cadets); = he=20 ploughed his experience back into matters relating to maritime training, = especially the General Botha Old Boys' Association, and the = establishment of the=20 Maritime Studies Department at Simon's Town School, projects close to = his heart.=20 He simply wanted to expose others to the career that had given him so = much=20 pleasure, a quest so tragically curtailed by ill-health The passing of = this=20 devoted family man, devout Christian and role model for so many raises = an=20 important issue. Here was one of the highly respected leaders of the = South=20 African shipping industry whose voice was heard at high levels in the = land.=20 Captain Arthur Bluett was also decorated by the president for his = efforts to=20 promote the industry.

The following email we = received from=20 Rob Riley (#2019, 1956/7):

"Bluey was = a special=20 person in my life and in many others. I first met him when he was = promoted to=20 Chief Officer of the Constantia, I was a very new cadet at the time. = Sailing=20 with him was a rewarding experience and I learnt a tremendous amount = from his=20 strict but friendly leadership. Through his years as Marine Supt., = Marine=20 Manager and eventually Marine Director I continued to admire him. Even = though I=20 was in the USA we kept in contact and = it was=20 with great pleasure that I was able to accompany him on his visits to = our area,=20 they were fun times.

During a = recent visit=20 to South=20 Africa I was able to visit Bluey. It = was very=20 sad to see him incapacitated by Parkinsons Disease, yet he still had a = spirit=20 about him that showed what great strength this man had. He truly was,=20 and always will be, a Name Amongst Seafaring=20 Men.

The Bothy = Old Boys and=20 the Maritime Industry has lost a true friend. May he rest in=20 peace.

Sincerely,=20 Rob."

SCRANBAG

S.H. = EDWARDS=20 1954/55 #1871. After=20 Bothie Stewart joined the Surveyor-General's Office in Cape=20 Town and later left to join the British South African Police = in=20 Rhodesia (now=20 Zimbabwe) where he served = for 20=20 years. Relocated to the UK and got a position with = a leisure=20 company as their security manager. Eight years later joined News = International=20 Newspapers as their security director. Again eight years later became = security=20 manager of Sky Television followed by a short period with News Digital = Systems.=20 In 1993 joined Ingram Micro, an American Company, as security manager = and four=20 years later retired. We look forward to meeting you at the Cape Town = lunches=20 soon.

A.H. = SHARP=20 1961/62 #2214. Alex=20 has spent three and a half years with Rohlig in China and has now joined = another=20 company there, Younger Niche Logistics, based in Shanghai, China, = specializing=20 in project cargo in the freight industry. Don=92t get lost among the = billions of=20 locals there mate.

S.G. = MILLAR 1982=20 #2765. Following a few=20 years with Gearbulk in London, Scott = returned to=20 Durban and=20 established his own cargo broking business, Millar=20 Maritime.

A.R. = WYATT 1986=20 #2895. Andy = has=20 recently joined the London harbour pilots=92=20 wardroom.

S.P. = HAY 1976=20 #2529. Stuart is now a=20 "through" class 1 pilot meaning he can take any size vessel as far as=20 Crayfordness.

M.S. = BRIANT=20 1953/54 #1811. "My=20 wife and I have settled in Nanaimo, on = Vancouver Island and are building a home for = ourselves.=20 After 10 years living and traveling on our boat, it=92s good to be = settled once=20 again." Mike, we shall miss your and Paddy=92s entertaining newsletters = of your=20 experiences at sea.

WHERE = ARE THEY=20 NOW?

An interesting note from = Graham Spires 1975=20 #2508.

I am now with Sakhalin = Energy,=20 working as a Mooring Master on an SALM/FSO tandem mooring setup at an = offshore=20 terminal about 53 degrees North off the east coast of Sakhalin island. = (to find=20 Sakhalin: Put your finger on a map of Russia; move east about 9721 km, = still in=20 Russia, until you get to the Pacific Ocean; and somewhere near = Vladivostok you=20 will see Sakhalin Island). Pretty wild country, full of rivers, lakes = and black=20 and brown bears - one local woman recently killed by a hungry bear only = 10 km=20 from the capital, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The bears have just come out of = hibernation=20 and they are mean and hungry with very little food available until later = in=20 summer. Definitely sub-arctic, and for six months of the year the = terminal=20 hibernates with the SALM on the seabed due to pack ice. Towards the end = of the=20 summer season we keep exporting for as long as possible, by using two=20 icebreakers to break up the ice and keep the SALM and FSO protected. = Very=20 challenging. Its mid summer now, and the air temperature is about 5 = degrees -=20 tolerable on a 28/28 rotation. Mike = Fleming=20 (# 2670 - 1979), who worked with me for three years near=20 Novorossiysk, on the Black Sea, also turned up here about the same time = as me as=20 the Smit Operations Manager based in the principal city of = Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. At=20 the time Mike left Novo to go on leave in February this year, neither of = us had=20 any idea we would end up here. It=92s a very small world. We have = recently=20 chartered a brand new Swires icebreaker, which arrived in the field = yesterday. I=20 arranged to go across for an inspection, to look at towing arrangements = etc. As=20 I stepped out of the Frog onto her aft deck, who should meet me; none = other than=20 Malcolm Russell (# 2749 - = 1981)!=20 He is one of the four expatriates on board. He is expecting to be here = about two=20 years on rotation. We were shipmates about 1988 and he last saw me in = 1996=20 winching off the Rampart into the Richards Bay Pilots chopper. Americo Barata (1979 # 2666) = arrived on the=20 Island recently to spend a two week=20 familiarization with Mike Fleming. He will take over from Mike towards = the end=20 of July. So for a spell there will be four Obies on the Island - out of = half a=20 million people on this sparsely populated, isolated, wind-swept and = frozen=20 suburb of Siberia. So I guess we have = enough=20 Obies on this small sub-arctic island to start a branch of the GBOBA. = The GBOBA=20 flag flies in some strange places.

[A SALM is a Single Anchor = Leg=20 Mooring. Basically a 'tower' hinged at the seabed. When ballasted, it = lies=20 horizontally on the bottom, returning to vertical operational use when=20 deballasted. A FSO is a Floating Storage ?? (Can=92t remember the 'O'). = Basically=20 a specially modified vessel that acts as a storage tanker. The market = tanker=20 ties up astern, piloted by Graham Spires, and loads from the=20 FSO].

THE = LEGEND LIVES=20 ON.

Ian Manning writes; "A few = weeks ago=20 you sent me a copy of a page from a Lloyd=92s Register concerning a dry = cargo=20 ship, circa 1921, called GENERAL BOTHA. We also discussed a trawler = GENERAL=20 BOTHA, the existence of which prevented Captain Renouf from registering = our SATS=20 GENERAL BOTHA as such and forced him to register her initially as "TS = GENERAL=20 BOTHA". While looking for something else, entirely unconnected, I came = across=20 the trawler GENERAL BOTHA listed in Warships of World War=20 2.

GENERAL BOTHA had a gross = tonnage of=20 245 and was built in 1916. In July 1940 she was requisitioned [with = literally=20 hundreds of other commercial trawlers] by the British Royal Navy. They = employed=20 her as a Minesweeper, still named GENERAL BOTHA, with a pennant number = FY599.=20 She was returned to her owners in November 1945. Unfortunately no = details of=20 ownership or port of registry are given. Maybe they would be in an old=20 Lloyd=92s?

The above information = leads me to=20 assume that she was the "trawler GENERAL BOTHA" that Captain Renouf = referred to=20 in his report of the delivery voyage of what later became SATS GENERAL = BOTHA.=20 The trawler was certainly around in 1921 when Captain Renouf attempted=20 registration." Another interesting fact is that a ship=92s bell, = engraved General=20 Botha was recently offered for sale from America on the=20 internet auction site, eBay. The size of the bell indicated that it may = have=20 been from the trawler mentioned by Ian.

AN = ADVENTURE=20 STORY =96 G. REINDERS 1958/59 #E18

"By a sheer fluke I came = upon the GB=20 website when I typed my name into the internet Yahoo search engine. The = crest=20 and a statement that I was a commercial pilot at Axex Air in 1958 = appeared on=20 the screen. That was damn near 50 years ago. I am now 64. I have led a = full life=20 since then. I flew Boeings for SAA 1968 -1973. I sailed out of Cape Town on the first Cape to Rio race January 1976 on a yacht I built. I = sailed into=20 Argentina for Mrs. Peron's=20 revolution, and spent a year there during their "Dirty War" I once = nearly=20 disappeared but the officer on duty the night they grabbed me was in my = karate=20 class and sent me safely home. The Admiral of the fleet was my friend's = brother=20 so he kept me out of trouble. I immigrated into Canada on 26=20 March 1977. The next 26 years in Canada I spent as a Pilot, a Flying = Instructor,=20 a Carpenter, a small businessman, an Infrared Thermographic Technician = and a=20 hydroponics specialist. I wrote two books on Hydroponics which still = bring me=20 some royalties. In 2000 I sailed out of Vancouver=20 single handed headed for French = Polynesia and=20 onward, on the second yacht I built. I had a fellow cadet, Richard = Johnson 58/59=20 and we had a blood-pact to sail around the world together -- I wonder if = he=20 remembers that, or managed to achieve it as I did. He lived for sailing = then and=20 I hated it. I sailed into Fiji in 2000 in time for = George=20 Speight's Coup De Etat. A few months later in 2000 I lost my yacht on a = reef at=20 Futuna Island (800 Km=20 NE of Fiji) I ended up in the = Philippines=20 2001. Here I am now. I have arrived in Paradise=20 and have been given a new lease on life. I am reliving my teenage years. = I go to=20 Tai Kwon Do every night. Everybody in the gym is 15-25 years old. At 64 = I am=20 better than about half of them." We do not have any details of Richard = Johnson=20 on our GB database. Any news of him would be appreciated. Please let=20 Tony Nicholas=20 know.

"Southern" Lunch=20 =96 Simon=92s Town (Ian=20 Manning reports)

A very successful second = "Southern"=20 lunch was held at the Seven Seas Club on 181200 Jul 06. Twenty-two = people sat=20 down to lunch comprising - 20 GENERAL BOTHAs, 01 WORCESTER, 01 Trinity College, Hull. Thirteen = of these=20 GENERAL BOTHAs never attend the RCYC lunches. There were six GENERAL = BOTHAs this=20 time who did not attend the previous lunch. We had several apologies. To = sum up:=20 GENERAL BOTHA attendance at the 18 Jul 06 lunch  20, at the 18 Apr = 06 lunch=20 19.

The Seven Seas Club = caterer offered=20 four dishes this time. There was plenty of food. "Seconds" and even = "thirds"=20 were available. A large helping of apple crumble and cream was available = at an=20 additional R10. About half the attendees had the dessert. We have = arranged that=20 in future coffee will be included in the price of the basic=20 lunch. 

The Club is very happy to = host the=20 GENERAL BOTHA  lunches and Brad and I are certainly happy with = the=20 support received from people who would not normally attend the GENERAL = BOTHA=20 lunch. The influence of the OBA is being extended.  Hopefully = numbers=20 will increase further as the word is passed. All comments received were=20 positive. Ian Manning.

Gauteng Branch = (Ivor Little).

GAUTENG = SPRING=20 FUNCTION

The next Gauteng = Commissioning Day=20 luncheon will be held at the Bryanston Sports Club on Sunday, 17 = September.=20  The luncheon will take the form of a full three course buffet at = R65 per=20 person and will commence at 12h00 for 12h30.  Our hosts will be = Graham and=20 Colleen Jooste and full sporting facilities, including swimming, are = available.=20

Gauteng members will = receive a more=20 detailed invitation, including directions, closer to the=20 time.

Ivor.

UNITED=20 KINGDOM BRANCH NEWS=20 =96 Ted Fisher=20 reports

The heat wave that has = gripped the=20 country for the past month has finally ended with thunderstorms across = much of=20 the country =96 temperatures up to 38C have beaten those of the drought = stricken=20 July of 1976. Having just returned from holiday in Holland I can confirm much of Europe has been in the same position! No doubt = this is the=20 norm for many of you!

I=92m afraid, not a great = deal to=20 report on this session. Following my comment in the last Newsletter on = Graham=20 Petrie (# 1000 38/39) as being probably, our most senior = UK member brought a quick response from = Alan Bole=20 (49/50) up in Wirral Cheshire to the effect that sadly, he is not the = most=20 senior OBIE in the UK. That honour falls to = Bob Lambert=20 (#696 33/34) who resides in Nantwich Cheshire. He was a Crash Boat = Commander=20 based in Gordons=20 Bay during WW2 = long before=20 Bothie ever moved there. Alan and Bob lunch together every couple of = months and=20 during my phone conversation with Bob he confirmed he is planning a = mini-cruise=20 and sends greetings to all UK=20 Obies.

Naturally, my apologies = went to Bob=20 for incorrect reporting!!

Alan also reported Keith = Lindsay=20 (#2180 60/61) and himself had been on a trip to Dortmund where they visited the largest = Model = Building Exhibition in the=20 world.

As an ex-construction = industry=20 member I would be very interested in hearing more so, perhaps Alan could = do a=20 note on the visit which I=92m sure would be of interest to all Obies in = the next=20 Newsletter!

Reunions=20 =96 through = the=20 =91network=92 I=92d been in contact with Stewart Edwards (54/55 whose = parents owned=20 Thelma=92s Guest House in Gordons Bay) - at the end of July, = Caroline and I=20 met with him and wife Pam for a most enjoyable lunch near Petersfield. = We were=20 both 54/55 (he being a member of the Band (bugler) plus sporting = interests) and=20 I believe it was instant recognition after a gap of 50 years!! Stewart = and Pam=20 live near Newbury Berkshire. Following Bothy, Stewart joined British = SouthAfrica=20 Police in Rhodesia = then moved=20 to the UK in the mid-seventies. He = is now=20 beginning to enjoy retirement =96 perhaps Stewart would also give a = resume of his=20 time since leaving the college!!

Caroline and I had the = pleasure of=20 entertaining Ricky Flint (Ex-Conway) here in Storrington for a weekend = in early=20 July =96 Ricky was on his bi-annual visit to these shores and naturally = meeting=20 with other friends and family. Ricky and I sailed as cadets in = Union = Castle all those years ago! From = Ricky,=20 greetings to all past shipmates through Union Castle and=20 Safmarine.

Again another pleasant = outing -=20 Caroline and I joined Peter and Norma Heydenryck for Peter=92s pre-three = score=20 years and ten birthday lunch at their temporary =91pad=92 in = Aldingbourne near=20 Chichester. Amazing how the years fly = by!!

Finally, details on = Michael Wijnberg=20 RNR (40/41) were passed to me through Johnny Johnston (#985 38/39) = Michael is of=20 course the brother of Paul Wijnberg ex-CCC and Gold Medal Winner. = Michael=20 appears to spend a part of the year in the UK residing in Woodbridge Suffolk and in=20 Zambia =96 he also sends = greetings to=20 all Obies wherever they are travelling!

Future = event=20 =96 still = under=20 consideration with comment and suggestions = awaited??

My best wishes to all = readers and as=20 always I welcome comments from anybody! Ted Fisher +44(0)1903 744400 and = e-mail:=20 tedefisher@aol.com.=20

Australia<= B> Branch News=20 (Peter=20 O=92Hare).

The gremlins attacked our = May=20 report. This is a full update for both May and August.=20

The Commissioning day = Lunch was held=20 at the Hero of Waterloo pub in = Sydney on = 18th=20 March. It was not very well attended as people were ill or overseas. The = most=20 disappointing aspect was the poor response from Old Boys to the = invitation. So=20 that we know you are out there it would be good to at least receive a=20 reply!

The lunch was however very = good and=20 we all had a good time. A last minute surprise was the attendance of = Rudolf Auer=20 ( 59/60) who has moved to the NSW Central=20 Coast from NZ. He = had a lot=20 to tell us of his past particularly his career in the SAN. Jinny Parsons = discharged herself from hospital for the afternoon =96 a great=20 effort.

The following weekend our = SE=20 Queensland contingent also met and I know they have reported in to = Cape=20 Town.

Stan Damp has retired as = Vice=20 Chairman and we decided to invite Andy Fothringham to accept the = position which=20 he has done. Thanks Andy, please work on those Granger = Bay Old Boys for the 2007 get=20 together.

On Saturday = 15th July we=20 got together for Lunch at the Great Northern Hotel in Chatswood, Sydney. = All had=20 a good time. John Fisher flew in from Adelaide, a great=20 effort.

It was decided that the = 2007 AGM and=20 Commissioning Day Lunch will be held in SE Queensland with the Sydney = contingent doing=20 the traveling. The date will be Saturday 17th March with the = venue to=20 be decided by the locals with Sunshine=20 Coast, Gold Coast and = Brisbane being = considered.=20 All have airports with discount flights available and we will do = everything=20 possible to get as many Old Boys and Wives/Partners=20 along.

Our Year End function for = Sydney in 2006 = will=20 be:

Informal = Lunch=20 25th November. Great Northern Hotel=20 Chatswood..

Regards to all old Boys = everywhere.=20 If you are passing through Australia please contact us = and we=20 will arrange a get together at short notice. Peter O=92Hare (#2247, = 1964)=20 Hon Secretary,=20 Australia Branch.=20 Email peteroh@bigpond.com, = telephone=20 0417 028809.

 

UNDER = THE WHITE=20 ENSIGN =96 BY #920 R.B. DICKIN = 1937/39.

Members will recall the = excellent=20 review written by Barry Cullen in our May newsletter edition. If not go = back and=20 read again. This excellent tale of a Bothie Boy=92s experiences is = available by=20 order from the association. It is a recommended read and a valuable part = of the=20 Legend. Copies are available by order from Cape Town Branch at a cost of = R60.00 = Place your=20 order now with:

Kathy Nicholas: Phone: = 021-7885957=20 fax: 021-086 604 0811 Email: cptchairman@generalbotha.co.za

=

 

 

THANK = YOU TO THE=20 "GENERAL BOTHA" FOR THE LIFE LESSONS =

By Guy=20 Rich, son of the late Ronald Rich = (1941/42)

I am the man I am today = because of=20 my Father - he taught me all I know. My Father was the man he was = because of the=20 General Botha =96 the values, discipline and respect it taught him as a = sailor in=20 the late 30=92s/early 40=92s (exact dates = unknown).

My Father loved the sea. = He spoke=20 fondly of the memories he had of his training in the General Botha and = his time=20 at sea with the Merchant Navy during World War II. He instilled in me a = sense of=20 pride, dignity, discipline and respect =96 values that he was taught as = a=20 sailor.

Many of my Father=92s = friends have=20 told me that sailors are a different breed. This I know - I followed in = his=20 footsteps by joining the South African Navy after I left school in the = late=20 80=92s. I am still actively involved as a lieutenant in the SAN Reserves = =96=20 something my Father was very proud of.

The most important lessons = he taught=20 me in life was to keep your integrity and credibility intact, be honest = with=20 yourself and with others, hold your head high in times of doubt, face = challenges=20 head on, maintain your dignity, respect others and take pride in all = that you=20 do.

These life lessons he had = learnt=20 from his training in the General Botha and his time at sea =96 and these = were the=20 lessons he had handed down to me. My success can be directly attributed = to these=20 simple life lessons.

There are no words to = describe what=20 the General Botha meant to my Father or the profound influence, be it=20 indirectly, it has had on my life. All I can say is THANK YOU to those = who went=20 before, those who served with and those who came after my Father.=20

The General Botha has = touched and=20 influenced many lives =96 many of them beyond the realm of those who = served on her=20 directly. The legacy of the General Botha will live on in the hearts and = minds=20 of those whose lives were changed by having the honour to serve on the = "Bothie".=20

On behalf of my Father, = Ron Rich, I=20 salute you for keeping the legacy alive and maintaining the true and = steadfast=20 ways associated with "Old Salts" of the = sea.

SLOP=20 CHEST

These slop chest items all = proudly=20 display our association insignia and is available from Cape Town = branch. Place=20 your orders without delay with Kathy = Nicholas:

Phone: 021-7885957 fax: = 021-086 604=20 0811 Email: cptchairman@generalbotha.c= o.za

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A NAME AMONG = SEAFARING=20 MEN

History of the training=20 ship.

DONATION

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DONATION

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PLUS = PACKAGING=20 AND POSTAGE!

Note: = some items=20 in the slop chest are available from Durban branch as=20 well.

Cheque or postal order = should be=20 made out to "General Botha Old Boys=92 Association". Post to: = P.O. Box 4515, = Cape Town, 8000. Alternatively, the = payment=20 can be made by electronic fund transfer directly into our bank account. = Details=20 as follows:

    • Bank: Standard Bank=20
    • Branch: Thibault Square, = Cape Town=20
    • Branch code: 02 09 09=20
    • Account name: General = Botha Old=20 Boys' Association
    • Account number:=20 070835128

 

"Tired = &=20 Knackered"

From the Master & = Chief Engineer=20 onboard the "P&O Nedlloyd Taranaki" =

Will Stoker & Dave = Bulbeck=20

Blue Star Ship Management=20 PO Box=20 436 3000 AK Rotterdam =

The Netherlands=20

14th October 2005=20

Sir, We have just read = that Hyundai=20 Heavy Industries are awaiting orders for the first 13,400 TEU container = ships, a=20 veritable giant if ever there was one. The problem we now see is that = these=20 behemoths will be in port for such a long time, which kind of defeats = the idea=20 behind the container ship, so we thought that it was about time the = container=20 itself was modified to reduce the number of moves.=20

Relatively, the container = is getting=20 smaller and smaller, so why not look for something a little bigger to = place=20 onboard?

Having given this some = thought, we=20 decided that if the new container was big enough, we could then give it = a sharp=20 end and a blunt end, put an engine in it, and call it.....a general = cargo ship!=20

What an innovative idea!=20

m.v. "Tired & = Knackered"=20

News = from Trevor=20 Richards (#2484,=20 1974)We received an update from Trevor as follows: =

I have enjoyed the Bothie = OB=20 newsletters and need to put in a change of address, which has prompted = me to=20 send you a quick update on my life and I will also be sending a = check under=20 separate cover as a donation to help cover the postage over the=20 years!

On leaving Safmarine in = '82=20 (approx), spent 4 years sailing around the world, met an American girl = in=20 Australia, (which ended my single handing days), got married in Knysna = in '86,=20 sailed back to the States and settled in Maryland in '88, where we got a = job=20 managing a full service marina.  18 years and 2 kids later we are = still=20 here and are part owners! My brother Alan has been working for me = for the=20 past 8 years or so as the boatyard manager. We still have our Knysna = build=20 Endurance 37 "Wandering Star" - who knows, my wife has not seen the = Pacific yet!=20 Kind regards, Trevor Richards, President, Spring Cove Marina, Solomons = MD. springcove@earthlink.net.=20 I recommend for those yachtsmen and others interested to go to the = website www.springcovemarina.com,=20 and see what Trevor has to offer the local and visiting yachts in the = Chesapeake. He = has also=20 written an interesting Autumn newsletter that you will find on the site. =

Extract = from=20 Cape=20 Times=20 =96 16 = August 06, Brian=20 Ingpen

When the containership CP = Valour=20 sought refuge in the lee of the Azores in December last year to effect = engine=20 repairs, she grounded on a particularly inhospitable part of the = Faial = Island and suffered considerable = bottom=20 damage. The wreck is exposed to the full brunt of the Atlantic swell, = magnified=20 by the shape of the bay. Yet, using heavy a heavy-lift barge and = pontoons,=20 Captain Nick Sloane (#2750, 1981) and his team from = Svitzer-Wijsmuller=92s Cape=20 Town office have salvaged nearly 400 cubic meters of fuel, as well as = more than=20 500 containers and are currently removing about 1,000 tons of machinery = from the=20 engine room, a task that Sloane expects to finish before the first week = of=20 September, when he hopes to refloat the vessel. The Svitzer-Wijsmuller = team were=20 also involved in the salvage of huge logs from the Kiperousa, wrecked = south of=20 East London last=20 year.

THE = RUGBY = SCORE!

Contributed=20 by George Foulis cadet #1594, 1949/50

The latest rugby scores = reminded me=20 of a very amusing occasion while in the U.K. Safmarine's ss. Vergelegen was = strike bound=20 in Liverpool mid 1951. It was great = to have the=20 extra time, to get to know the lovely ladies there. Somehow word got to=20 Liverpool=20 University that = there was a=20 crowd of South Africans in the port and that they would have a great = game=20 against a crowd of "Springboks", even though they did not actually = represent=20 their country. I have a feeling that Potty [Pierre Potgieter 1945/46] = might have=20 been responsible for the rumour, as he had also recently had an extended = holiday=20 at that port. We managed to borrow some togs, and duly arrived at the = university=20 rugby ground. Our girl friends came to cheer us on. How so many could = have known=20 so little about the game of rugby I will never know. Len, one of the = Junior=20 Engineers, was a soccer player. As he chased one of the opposition he = heard one=20 of the supporters shout, "trip him Len", and he duly complied. Their = wing took a=20 nose dive into the muddy grass. Then our full back, Morman, received the = ball a=20 second before the Liverpool pack = dived onto=20 him, grabbed the ball, and scored another try. "You should have fallen = on it,=20 you fool", we said. The next time he received the ball, with the = opposition a=20 quarter of the field away, he fell on it. The score was 44-nil at half = time, and=20 the opposition decided that the only way they would get a game at all = would be=20 to change forwards with the Springboks. The second half was a much more = even=20 contest and we all had a lot of fun. I was placed on the right wing. My = opponent=20 played for his country, so I was flattened every couple of minutes, in = the=20 second, as well as in the first half. The party afterwards was a great = affair=20 even though our girl friends had left in embarrassment before half time. = We made=20 several good friends through our contact with the university=20 team.

THE = BATTLE OF = TRAFALGAR (TWO=20 HUNDRED YEARS ON)
Contributed by Gerry Stalling (#1854,=20 1953/54)

Nelson: "Order the signal, = Hardy."
Hardy:  "Aye, Aye, sir."
Nelson:  "Hold on, = that=92s not=20 what I dictated to the Signals Officer. What=92s the meaning of=20 this?"
Hardy:   "Sorry sir?"
Nelson:   = (reading=20 aloud): "England expects every = person to do=20 his duty, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious = persuasion=20 or disability. What gobbledygook is this?"
Hardy: "Admiralty policy, = I=92m=20 afraid, sir. We=92re an equal opportunities employer now. We had = the devil=92s=20 own job getting =91England=92 past the = censors, lest it be=20 considered racist."
Nelson: "Gadzooks, Hardy. Hand me my pipe = and=20 tobacco."
Hardy:  "Sorry sir. All naval vessels have been=20 designated smoke-free working environments."
Nelson:  "In that = case,=20 break open the rum ration. Let us splice the mainbrace to steel the = men=20 before battle."
Hardy: "The rum ration has been abolished, = Admiral. It=92s=20 part of the Government=92s policy on binge drinking."
Nelson: "Good = heavens,=20 Hardy. I suppose we=92d better get on with it=85.full speed=20 ahead."
Hardy:   "I think you=92ll find there=92s a 4 knot = speed limit=20 in this stretch of water."
Nelson:   "Damn it man! We = are on=20 the eve of the greatest sea battle in history. We must advance with = all=20 dispatch.  Report from the crow=92s nest please."
Hardy: = "That won=92t=20 be possible, sir."
Nelson:   =20 "What?"
Hardy:    "Health and safety have closed the = crow=92s=20 nest, sir. No harness, and they said that rope ladder = doesn=92t meet=20 regulations. They won=92t let anyone up there until a proper = scaffolding can=20 be erected."
Nelson:  "Then get the ship=92s carpenter without = delay,=20 Hardy."
Hardy:     "He=92s busy knocking up a = wheelchair=20 access to the fo=92c=92sle, = Admiral."
Nelson:     =20 "Wheelchair access? I=92ve never heard anything so = absurd."
Hardy: =20 "Health and safety again, sir. We have to provide a barrier-free=20 environment for the differently abled."
Nelson:   = "Differently=20 abled? I=92ve only one arm and one eye and I refuse even to hear = mention of=20 the word. I didn=92t get to the rank of admiral by playing the = disability=20 card."
Hardy:   "Actually, sir, you did. The Royal = Navy is=20 under-represented in the areas of visual impairment and limb=20 deficiency."
Nelson:  "Whatever next? Give me full sail.The = salt=20 spray beckons."
Hardy:   "A couple of problems there too,=20 sir. Health and safety won=92t let the crew up the rigging without = hard=20 hats. And they don=92t want anyone breathing in too much salt =96 = haven=92t you=20 seen the adverts?"
Nelson:    "I=92ve never heard such = infamy. Break out the cannon and tell the men to stand by to engage = the=20 enemy."
Hardy:       "The men are a bit = worried=20 about shooting at anyone, Admiral."
Nelson:   = "What? This is=20 mutiny."
Hardy:      "It=92s not that, = sir. It=92s=20 just that they=92re afraid of being charged with murder if they actually = kill=20 anyone. There=92s a couple of legal-aid lawyers on board, watching = everyone=20 like hawks."
Nelson:       "Then how = are we to=20 sink the Frenchies and the=20 Spanish?"
Hardy:        "Actually, = sir,=20 we=92re not."
Nelson:    "We=92re=20 not?"
Hardy:    "No, sir. The Frenchies and the = Spanish=20 are our European partners now. According to the Common Fisheries = Policy, we=20 shouldn=92t even be in this stretch of water. We could get hit with = a claim=20 for compensation."
Nelson:      "But you = must hate a=20 Frenchman as you hate the = devil."
Hardy:      "I=20 wouldn=92t let the ship=92s Diversity Coordinator hear you saying that=20 sir. You=92ll be up on a=20 disciplinary."
Nelson:       "You must = consider=20 every man an enemy, who speaks ill of your = King."
Hardy:   =20 "Not anymore, sir. We must be inclusive in this multicultural age. = Now put=20 on your Kevlar vest; it=92s the rules. I could save your=20 life."
Nelson:       "Don=92t tell me = =96 health=20 and safety. Whatever happened to rum, sodomy and the=20 lash?"
Hardy:      "As I explained, sir, rum = is off=20 the menu! And there=92s a ban on corporal=20 punishment."
Nelson:    "What about=20 sodomy?"
Hardy:       "I believe that = is now=20 legal,=20 sir."
Nelson:         &nb= sp; =20 "In that case=85.kiss me, Hardy".!!!!

KNOW = YOUR=20 WAY.......


I wanted to leave a = message for=20 a colleague in Cape=20 Town.

Please ask him to phone me = in=20 Polokwane", I said
"Where?" his secretary asked sounding as if she = had bitten=20 into a lemon; "Polokwane, where's that?"
"Between Mokopane and = Makhado in=20 Limpopo " I explained.
"Where is = this?" she=20 asked patiently.
I could hear she thought she had a joker on the=20 line.

"Well," I explained, "you = drive from=20 Tshwane past Bela-Bela and Modimolle through the tollgate. Continue past = Mokopane but watch your speed as speed traps make lots of money from = those=20 traveling too fast. Polokwane is just after Mokopane, but if you reach = Makhado=20 you have gone too far. I am not quite sure how we ended on the road = route when=20 all I wanted was a telephone call......"
"Just hold it right there = sir?" she=20 interrupts, "where is Makhado?"
"Between Polokwane and Musina" I said = trying=20 to be helpful.
"Excuse me sir but where in hell is Musina?" she asked = getting=20 slightly hysterical.
"Musina is between Makhado and Harare," I said=20 gently.
"Do you live in Harare?" she asks as if she had = suddenly seen=20 the light.

"No " I said " I am trying = to=20 explain where Polokwane is."
"In Zimbabwe?" she asks=20 hopefully.
"No, in Limpopo." I = corrected=20 her.
She gave a helpless sigh and said "please can we start = again."
I=20 think, at this stage, she thought she was live on air with Leon Schuster = and=20 became a bit wary. "Where is Tshwane?"
"That's easy," I said, = "between=20 Bela-Bela and Egoli."
"No sir, I mean the town."
"So do I," said = I. I=20 could hear she was now into soapies while I was still on the road so to = speak.=20

"Egoli is on the other = side of=20 Tshwane when coming from the direction of Bela-Bela" I said.
"Excuse = me sir,=20 have you perhaps had too much to drink?"
"No", I said "I am not drunk = - they=20 changed the name "
"Do you mean someone has changed your name? = ".
"No not=20 my name, the town's name," I corrected = her

"What town's=20 name?"

"Pietersburg".
"You = live in=20 Pietersburg!" she cries and I could hear the dawn of=20 understanding.

"No" I said I "I live in = Polokwane=20 formerly known as Pietersburg."
"No s**t?" she asked.
"No s**t" I=20 confirmed.
"So you are phoning from Polokwane previously know as=20 Pietersburg?"
"Exactly," I confirmed.
"What were all the other = names you=20 mentioned?" she asked.

I realised = this lass=20 needed a lesson in the geography of our country pretty damn quick so I=20 explained:
"Egoli was Johannesburg, = Tshwane=20 is Pretoria. If=20 you travel North you pass Bela-Bela, formerly Warmbaths, after that = Modimolle=20 that was Nylstroom and Potgietersrust that is Mokopane now. After = Mokopane you=20 get Polokwane that was Pietersburg then Louis Trichardt that became = Makhado.=20 After you have passed Makhado you get Musina that was originally = Messina."=

"And Musina is by the = Limpopo !" she said=20 triumphantly.

"Yes" I said, "but the = Limpopo I was speaking of is the=20 province".

"What do you call the = river=20 then?"

"Limpopo=85ooooo!" I said.
"Bloody=20 hell!"

Happy = Birthday=20 HH!

Admiral Hugo Hendrick = Biermann,=20 former Chief of the South African Defence Force and Cadet No.610 = [1932-1933=20 term] will celebrate his 90th birthday on 06 August 2006. He is=20 South=20 Africa' only "full" Admiral and was the = first=20 former Cadet of the GENERAL BOTHA to achieve flag rank in any Navy. He = achieved=20 a great deal in his life and ranks high among the most successful and = famous of=20 our former Cadets. In the past he was an enthusiastic member of the = Association=20 and was a guest speaker at several Commissioning Day dinners. The Naval = Heritage=20 Society published his biography in their Naval Digest [No 9: October = 2003].=20

 

The = Last=20 Word.

The Pessimist complains = about the=20 wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the Realist adjusts his=20 sails.Scribe: Dennis Henwood dhenwood@iafrica.com.=20

 

 

 

Scribe (dhenwood@iafrica.com).=20

 

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