It was just before 7am as on another morning when we were letting this container ship go, The sun was rising in the east at the same time as this southerly front came rolling in from the south. Southerly fronts create some spectacular weather effects.

The big boss, Charles.

The bridge

My good friend and shipmate, Lew – we were in Vietnam together, he’s now a marine officer at Wellington.

This is Pinky (Geoff) a good shipmate – good ship mate but burns the toast.