Re: What does it take to be an AB?


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Posted by Terence McManus on July 19, 1999 at 02:08:13 from 203.85.141.209:

In Reply to: What does it take to be an AB? posted by Leah Mickens on July 16, 1999 at 12:47:18:

I suspect that Roger was being encouraged to learn to swim and the answer to a number of other questions would have been - when you can swim -.

The traditional requirement for an able bodied seaman is to be able to Hand, Reef and Steer. Presumably Dick and Dot had acheived this in Coot Club when they received their certificates signed by three captains and an admiral: they were both good swimmers already.

It is quite common for the youngest in the family to be called the baby long after infancy and I suspect Bridget may have remained the Ship's Baby for a long time.



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