Paul Coleman
Across the Atlantic / A través del Atlántico
Espanol abajo: I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1978 on this yacht, from Antibes in the South of France to Ft. Lauderdale. Florida,...
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Life At Sea 1971-1979
Paul Coleman
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
My 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...
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Paul Coleman
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
A Toasty Christmas Anchored Off Western Australia
Almost fifty years ago, a teenager at sea, I was on the MV Westminster Bridge, anchored off Dampier, Western Australia for almost three...
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Paul Coleman
- Aug 6, 2020
- 3 min
1972: My First Visit To Hiroshima
I first visited Hiroshima in November 1972. I was a catering boy on the Westminster Bridge a British Merchant ship carrying iron ore that...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 19, 2020
- 1 min
The Last Yacht I Worked On
This 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...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 21, 2019
- 2 min
Neptunes Ceremony Inspired Me To Go To Sea
I 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,...
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Paul Coleman
- Jun 19, 2019
- 4 min
The Gravesend Butcher they called a Dentist.
I used to have a very good set of teeth, until 1971 when the dentist at the Gravesend Sea School got hold of me and drilled so many holes...
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Paul Coleman
- Feb 22, 2019
- 2 min
The Christopher M
All in all I think the best ships I sailed on were the coasters, small ships that sailed around Britain, Ireland and the neighbouring...
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Paul Coleman
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
Reward for months at sea: A Red Jaguar
After 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...
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Paul Coleman
- Dec 29, 2018
- 2 min
Burnt to a Crisp
Anyone 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...
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Paul Coleman
- Dec 13, 2018
- 1 min
Pirates and Watermelons
This might seem strange nowadays, but I never knew watermelons existed until I arrived into Caracas Bay, Curacao in January 1972 on my...
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Paul Coleman
- Nov 28, 2018
- 1 min
Returning To The Sea
I joined the British Merchant Navy because I had a dream of visiting the Amazon. One company, Booth Line, went a couple of thousand...
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