WHY DID YOU CHOOSE A CAREER AT SEA?
I left school when I was 16 in 1980 and joined Blue Funnel Line, who then became Ocean Transport & Trading, on a four-year deck cadetship. I joined the ship in St John’s, New Brunswick in October 1980. The Sea Cadets had channelled me into a career in the merchant navy, suggesting it was a possible option for me.
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