bpm5515

14 minutes ago, EMBFlyer said:

Is that Captain Carl Brown?  He was the Captain of the Bahama Star when she rescued the survivors of the Yarmouth Castle in 65.

I don't know, I don't remember meeting him.

7 hours ago, rkacruiser said:

Thank you for doing so!  

 

I did see the Captain at the table behind yours.

 

You have a very nice looking family.

Thank you, Dad passed in 1999, Mom is 94 and has been in a nursing home since 2013, Personally, my wife and I enjoy dressing up, but with the more casual environment today, even when dress attire is suggested or required or you have some that dress like they are headed to the beach or a workshop. It's normal to see people in church, funeral homes, and fine dining establishments with baseball hats on. My pastor says he is just glad they come to church, if you start asking them to remove their hats and praise God in proper attire they won't come at all! It's definitely a different world out there! 

15 hours ago, rkacruiser said:

 

As a 13 year old, you wore a white dinner jacket?  I am impressed!  Good for you.  

 

Such attire is rarely seen today.  Maybe the guests dress like that on the Cunard ships, but dinner jackets, as such, it has been a long time since I saw a gentleman wearing one.

check out the photos I added!

A reader made a comment that motivated me to find the photos I promised! The first is in the dining room, it was taken by the ship's photographer, look close, you can see the captain at his table in the background. The second photo was my mother and I on the upper deck and the third was taken in the cabin! Glad I was able to find them. My father in the center, was an executive with the United Transportation Union, based in Cleveland, he was a stickler for proper dress and grooming! There's the white dinner jacket, maybe I was watching many James Bond 007 films?

5 hours ago, bpm5515 said:

My first cruise was on the Bahama Star in September 1968, 3 days out of Miami to Nassau. I was 13, with my parents while we were in Florida for the 1968 UTU convention. It was a weekend side trip offered by the Union to the delegates. I remember dining in my white dinner jacket, everyone dressed up then. We had a nice stateroom for three on an upper deck. I also remember the locals diving off the bow for quarters, they sure couldn't get on a ship to do that these days. Eastern had another ship that sailed on the same time and route. I wanted to be on it as it had a swimming pool! I remember the food was great and the ship really moved with the sea. I remember the straw market and the horse draw carriages. I have some photos that i will try to find and post.

 

Bert

My first cruise was on the Bahama Star in September 1968, 3 days out of Miami to Nassau. I was 13, with my parents while we were in Florida for the 1668 UTU convention. It was a weekend side trip offered by the Union to the delegates. I remember dining in my white dinner jacket, everyone dressed up then. We had a nice stateroom for three on an upper deck. I also remember the local diving off the bow for quarters, they sure couldn't get on a ship to do that these days. Eastern had another ship that sailed on the same time and route. I wanted to be on it as it had a swimming pool! I remember the food was great and the ship really moved with the sea. I remember the straw market and the horse draw carriages. I have some photos that i will try t find and post.

Bert