Richard Newell on Transport

Monika: How you dealt with bad weather of high seas. 

Well you had to … you know if you’re a proper seaman. I mean if its blowing hard south west then its going to be sheltered slightly to what it would be if it was north west and if its not, if you go out there and its too bad in a south easterly and get caught on what’s called the ‘squashway’ which was the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour, if you get caught there and its blowing hard from the south east then you were liable to come a cropper ‘cos you’ve only got to take one good roll and nothing’s lashed.