“Trust Me” More tavels and more Investigator connections.
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 2:21 pm
We have just returned from our fifth South Seas cruise trip, this one on Voyager of the Sea and our first itinerary to the region that took in Fiji where we did some interesting boating and snorkelling, more on that in a later post.
When ship cruising we usually opt for fixed time dining where we sit with the same people each night usually picked by the cruise organisers to be in your general age group. We have met some great characters and interesting folks in this manner both in Oz and Europe including a former CEO of Transport NSW, a famous tv writer and many others who we have gotten to know well over the ten to fourteen days of the average trip. Everyone talks and relaxes as equals as we’re all on holidays.
Anyway, bugger me if we were not sharing a table (among the 3180 passengers on board ) with a former Investigator owner Brian, an exceptionally nice bloke with a charming wife who was one time owner of “Trust Me”. Brian could not remember the number but said it had two hinges on the hatch and small windows so I knew it was a later model. We don’t bother subscribing to the onboard internet but I’ve now discovered of course that it comes up in Rays list as number 148 only five after mine 143. Brian recalled he bought it from Lake Mac but it had been a Sydney boat and one time registered at Glengarry and was used in the Gippsland lakes I think he said.
Naturally we swapped a few stories and not surprisingly he had nothing but praise for the Investigator’s performance and stability. He owned and sold Trust Me before the forum but I’ve invited him to join up to maybe track down his boats history before and since via Rays excellent detective work. Small world eh? Hope we hear from you Brian.
When ship cruising we usually opt for fixed time dining where we sit with the same people each night usually picked by the cruise organisers to be in your general age group. We have met some great characters and interesting folks in this manner both in Oz and Europe including a former CEO of Transport NSW, a famous tv writer and many others who we have gotten to know well over the ten to fourteen days of the average trip. Everyone talks and relaxes as equals as we’re all on holidays.
Anyway, bugger me if we were not sharing a table (among the 3180 passengers on board ) with a former Investigator owner Brian, an exceptionally nice bloke with a charming wife who was one time owner of “Trust Me”. Brian could not remember the number but said it had two hinges on the hatch and small windows so I knew it was a later model. We don’t bother subscribing to the onboard internet but I’ve now discovered of course that it comes up in Rays list as number 148 only five after mine 143. Brian recalled he bought it from Lake Mac but it had been a Sydney boat and one time registered at Glengarry and was used in the Gippsland lakes I think he said.
Naturally we swapped a few stories and not surprisingly he had nothing but praise for the Investigator’s performance and stability. He owned and sold Trust Me before the forum but I’ve invited him to join up to maybe track down his boats history before and since via Rays excellent detective work. Small world eh? Hope we hear from you Brian.
