Paul ColemanJul 19, 20211 minAcross the Atlantic / A través del AtlánticoEspanol abajo: I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1978 on this yacht, from Antibes in the South of France to Ft. Lauderdale. Florida,...
Paul ColemanJul 19, 20211 minMy first job as a Chef on Private Yachts.The MY Antibes was the first private yacht I worked on in the South of France (1977). It was quite famous as it was very fast for a yacht...
Paul ColemanDec 29, 20201 minA Toasty Christmas Anchored Off Western AustraliaAlmost fifty years ago, a teenager at sea, I was on the MV Westminster Bridge, anchored off Dampier, Western Australia for almost three...
Paul ColemanAug 6, 20203 min1972: My First Visit To HiroshimaI first visited Hiroshima in November 1972. I was a catering boy on the Westminster Bridge a British Merchant ship carrying iron ore that...
Paul ColemanJun 19, 20201 minThe Last Yacht I Worked OnThis was the last yacht I worked on and my last job as a chef. I was on the Sharon S for six months, based in Miami, Florida from...
Paul ColemanJun 21, 20192 minNeptunes Ceremony Inspired Me To Go To SeaI loved visiting my grandma's when I was a child. especially routing around in her cellar to find the old photo albums of my granddad,...
Paul ColemanJun 20, 20194 minThe Gravesend Butcher they called a Dentist. I used to have a very good set of teeth, until the dentist at Gravesend Sea School got hold of me and drilled so many holes in my teeth...
Paul ColemanFeb 22, 20192 minThe Christopher MAll in all I think the best ships I sailed on were the coasters, small ships that sailed around Britain, Ireland and the neighbouring...
Paul ColemanFeb 4, 20192 minReward for months at sea: A Red JaguarAfter months at sea on tankers, rarely setting foot ashore, I got some great pay-offs. I bought my first car in 1973 when I left the...
Paul ColemanDec 29, 20182 minBurnt to a CrispAnyone ever get a sunburn so bad that you should be in hospital, and yet had to go to work the next day? I did, on my first afternoon...
Paul ColemanDec 13, 20181 minPirates and WatermelonsThis might seem strange nowadays, but I never knew watermelons existed until I arrived into Caracas Bay, Curacao in January 1972 on my...
Paul ColemanNov 28, 20181 minReturning To The SeaI joined the British Merchant Navy because I had a dream of visiting the Amazon. One company, Booth Line, went a couple of thousand...