Ramblings of a Salty Seadog

Dickie Bull Deputy Purser for the Inaugural Cruise of P&O/Princess Cruises PACIFIC PRINCESS - 1975 - Sadly passed away recently. In 1974...

THE POWER OF THE INTERNET SS. ORIANA - The last and largest liner to be built in Barrow-in-Furness I joined Oriana in November 1973; we...

MV Pacific Princess - April 1975 - Launch Press Photograph Cruise ships go through many changes throughout their lifetime, including...

PACIFIC PRINCESS - THE LOVE BOAT - 1976 As the Love Boat (Pacific Princess) sailed into Acapulco Bay in April 1975, we experienced a...

Mention of Pacific Princess and the “The Love Boat” springs immediately to mind. This is what happened on a recent cruise on Azamara...

It was a very sad moment in November last year when I heard the sad news that Cathy had passed away in her native California. I had the...

Having left the wonderful unseasonable sunshine of the UK we arrived in Lisbon for a three-night stay before joining Azamara Pursuit. ...

Carnival Mardi Gras - Roller Coaster Ride 2021 has certainly been a roller coaster ride for the cruise industry and l am not talking...

Cathy Hooper and I in Glacier Bay Alaska 1975 - Pacific Princess I had the great pleasure of sailing with Cathy Hooper way back at the...

When I descended the gangway of Island Princess on 23rd April 1977 little did I realise I would not set foot on another cruise ship for...

I love it when fellow Seadogs get in touch and share some of their antidotes about life at sea. I have regular contributors that share...

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...

Although Princess Cruises was founded by Stanley B. McDonald back in 1965, at which time he chartered ships. In 1972 Princess Cruises...