Dickie Bull
Dickie Bull Deputy Purser for the Inaugural Cruise of P&O/Princess Cruises PACIFIC PRINCESS - 1975 - Sadly passed away recently. In 1974...
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Salty Seadog
Dec 18, 20224 min read
The Love Boat meets The Golden Hinde
PACIFIC PRINCESS - THE LOVE BOAT - 1976 As the Love Boat (Pacific Princess) sailed into Acapulco Bay in April 1975, we experienced a...
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Salty Seadog
May 15, 20223 min read
The Love Boat Revisited
Mention of Pacific Princess and the “The Love Boat” springs immediately to mind. This is what happened on a recent cruise on Azamara...
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Salty Seadog
Sep 26, 20215 min read
Vertical Expression of Horizontal Intention.
Dancing the Dance When I joined Oriana back in 1973 Captain John Wacher was the Master of the ship. As a very junior officer on my first...
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Salty Seadog
Sep 19, 20215 min read
Forty Three Years On
On 24th April 1978, I walked down the gangway as a crew member having signed off ships articles for the last time, little did I know that...
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Salty Seadog
Feb 14, 20213 min read
Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum (or2)
All the booze and tobacco onboard ship was duty free so on arrival in certain ports of call the main booze and tobacco storerooms would...
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Salty Seadog
Feb 7, 20213 min read
Princess Pursers
I would say the Purser’s office was the heart of the ship, of course the deck department and engineering department might argue...
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Salty Seadog
Jan 19, 20212 min read
The Love Boat Goes Down Under
In October 1975 Pacific Princess departed American shores and headed to the Australia and the South Pacific for the first time. At the...
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Salty Seadog
Jan 15, 20213 min read
Alaskan Cruising 1975
When P&O acquired Princess Cruise in 1974 Island Princess’s first cruise season was basically Mexican Cruising. Pacific Princess joined...
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Salty Seadog
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Pacific Princess is Born
In 1974 P & O which by 1960 had become the world's largest shipping company, with 320 oceangoing vessels, acquired Princess Cruise Lines....
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