CAMM Sidelights April 2011
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Cal Hunziker Chapter & Officer Reports ......................................6 New Members ............................................................8 CONTRIBUTORS Council Cross’d the Final Bar .................................................9 Pete Booth Rodger MacDonald Tom Bradley Lyn McClelland 2011 Annual General Meeting ...........................10 John A. C. Cartner Donald Moore, Jr. CAMM Watchkeepers and Positions Peter Chelemedos Klaus Niem Committee ..........................................................12 Kevin Coulombe Sinclair Oubre Michael Henderson Don Rose UNLOS and LOST .....................................................14 Cal Hunziker Tom Stapleton Father Oubre: SS TEXAS OKLAHOMA............................15 Alan Knight Douglas Subcleff John Konrad V Will Watson In the Industry 16 COPY EDITORS Davyne Bradley Pat Moloney NOAA Hydrographic Surveys ..............................16 Liz Clark Klaus Niem Piracy: IMO: Orchestrating the Response ............18 DESIGN & LAYOUT Save Our Seafarers Campaign .....................20 Davyne Bradley Watson: Continues to Vex .............................21 Sea-Going Leadership ...........................................22 PRINTING Sir Speedy Largo ADVERTISING MANAGER & ADMIN In the Membership 24 Capt. Tom Bradley Continuity of Crew & [email protected] 360-901-1257 Experience of Managers ................................24 Hold Your Position, Captain .................................25 TO SUBMIT MATERIAL Peter, The Odyssey of a We welcome your articles, comments, illustrations and photographs. Please Merchant Mariner .............................................26 email or send your submissions to Close Call in the Aleutians ...................................28 Sidelights Chair Capt. Tom Bradley at the above address. All submissions will be reviewed, but are not guaranteed to be published. International Persepctive 32 PUBLICATION DEADLINES IFSMA Issue Submission Release February Jan. 5 Feb. 1 Ship Ballast Dumping .....................................32 April March 1 April 1 Command Seminar Series ............................33 June May 1 June 1 CMMC October Sept. 1 Oct. 1 Last Voyage of the CITY OF RAYVILLE .................34 December Nov. 1 Dec. 1 Slavage of the LANGDALE QUEEN.........................35 NOTICE The articles in this magazine are entirely those of the writer, and do not necessarily reflect the views of CAMM nor its Board of Governors. The Council of American Master Mariners, Inc. April 2011 Sidelights 3 South Atlantic Region MAILING ADDRESS P.O. Box 5034 PORT EVERGLADES / MIAMI Lynnwood, WA 98046-5034 Captain David Goff, President 561-392-5476 NATIONAL OFFICERS [email protected] President North Atlantic Region Meetings at 1200, the 3rd Wednesday of the Captain Cal Hunziker month, except July and August. Location var- [email protected] NEW YORK / NEW JERSEY ies, so please call or check website for current 253-862-7493 Captain Glenn Strathearn, Contact location. First Vice President 973-403-8922 Mailing Address: 1106 S.W. 12th Road Captain Liz Clark [email protected] Boca Raton, Fl 33486 [email protected] Captain George Previll, Contact 954-781-0183 973-763-7594 TAMPA BAY Second Vice President [email protected] Captain David H. Williams, President Captain Vic Faulkner Mailing Address: 449 Richmond Ave. 352-637-1464 [email protected] Maplewood, NJ 07040 [email protected] 360-798-9530 Meetings at 1130 on the 2nd Tuesday of each Treasurer and Secretary BALTIMORE / WASHINGTON month, except July, August and September. Captain Donald Moore, Jr. Captain Joe Hartnett, President Columbia Restaurant, 7th Ave. and 22nd St. [email protected] 410-867-0556 425-775-2331 Mailing Address: 1760 E. Littleton Ct. [email protected] Inverness, FL 34453 North Atlantic Regional Vice President Meetings at 1130 monthly, except June - Captain George Previll August. Steady date TBD. Pilot Maritime Center North Pacific Region [email protected] (3rd Floor) 3720 Dillon Street, Baltimore, MD. SEATTLE / PACIFIC NORTHWEST South Atlantic Regional Vice President Mailing Address: P.O. Box 700 Captain Richard Klein, President Captain Jerome Benyo Edgewater, MD 21037-0400 425-746-6475 [email protected] [email protected] 727-791-0313 NORFOLK / HAMPTON ROADS / TIDEWATER Meetings at 1130 on the 1st Thursday of each Gulf Regional Vice President Chapter Inactive month. Rock Salt Steaks and Seafood, Lake Captain Robert A. Phillips Anyone interesting in restarting this chapter, Union, 1232 Westlake Ave. N, Seattle. [email protected] please contact National President Capt. Cal 504-737-6619 Mailing Address: PO Box 99392 Hunziker. Seattle, WA 98139 South Pacific Regional Vice President Captain Klaus Niem COLUMBIA RIVER [email protected] Gulf Coast Region 707-255-6567 Captain Vic Faulkner, President NEW ORLEANS 360-798-9530 North Pacific Regional Vice President Captain Karl Jaskierny, President [email protected] Captain Carl Johannes 504-737-4849 Meetings are at 1200 on the 2nd Friday of [email protected] [email protected] 206-448-3433 each month. Red Lion Inn on the River, Meetings at 1130 on the 2nd Thursday of each Portland, OR. Immediate Past President month, except July and August. Locations Mailing Address: 121 Hazel Dell View Captain Tom Bradley vary, please call for current meeting place. [email protected] Castle Rock, WA 98611 360-901-1257 Mailing Address: 9417 Roslyn Dr. River Ridge, LA 70123-2048 South Pacific Region APPOINTMENTS & CHAIRS MOBILE BAY LOS ANGELES / LONG BEACH BOG at Large Captain Pete Booth, President Captain David Boatner, President Captain Warren G. Leback 850-456-2400 805479-8461 Council Chaplain [email protected] [email protected] Fr. Sinclair Oubre Meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month Meetings at 1200 on the 2nd Tuesday of each Constitution and Bylaws at 1330. Ryan’s Grill, Buffet, & Bakery, 4439 month, except August. Ante’s Restaurant, 729 Committee Chair Rangeline Road, Mobile, Alabama. S. Ante Perkov Way, San Pedro, CA. Captain Chick Gedney Mailing Address: 615 Bayshore Drive #408 Mailing Address: 533 N. Marine Ave Membership Committee Chair Pensacola, FL 32507-3565 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Captain Liz Clark Master’s Paperwork Reduction HOUSTON SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Committee Chair Captain Tom Stapleton, President Captain Klaus Niem, President Captain Warren Leback 830-837-5058 707-255-6567 Positions Committee Chair [email protected] [email protected] Lyn McClelland Meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Meetings on the 1st Tuesday of each month, Finance Oversight Committee International Seafarers’ Center, Houston, TX. 11:30, Sinbad’s Pier 2 Restaurant in San Captain David Williams Mailing Address: Francisco, south of Ferry Building. Captain Gussie Roth 4620 Fairmont Pkwy, Suite 203 Mailing Address: 4207 Chardonnay Ct. Captain Don Mercereau Pasadena, TX 77504 Napa, CA 94558-2562 4 Sidelights April 2011 The Council of American Master Mariners, Inc. from the losing our history Just before were covered in detail in its Winter 2007 to stop. As of this morning, there is an I begin to and Summer 2008 issues. Unfortunately, additional Danish yacht with four adults write this, I others have passed without recounting and three children on board who have received two their stories and losses like these can been captured and are being threatened Captain Cal more obituar- never be recovered unless the departed with death. This issue is no longer an Hunziker ies from older has either recorded them or put them economic one, with the disruption of the CAMM National members, down on paper. If we do not want to lose free flow of commerce and the paying President or as Tom our maritime history, it is imperative of ransom to free the vessels, crew and Brokaw referred to them “our greatest that we begin to record these personal cargoes. It has rapidly deteriorated into generation”, who served during World histories before they are lost forever. a matter of life and death for seafarers War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam. It How quickly our nation and govern- such as you and I. reminded me that four years ago Captain ment forgot the sacrifices these men CAMM again renews its call to the Tom Bradley had requested that chapters endured. Although the American governments of the world, maritime or either videotape or audio tape older Merchant Marine was the backbone in not, to put a stop to this lunacy once and members for their stories and histories. the supply chain in both the Pacific and for all. The American navy and marines Unfortunately, there has been very little Atlantic and as a percentage,