The smell of salt sea air, lapping of water against the hull, the excitement of pulling in to a new port, beautiful sunsets with no land in sight, warm breezes at 3am, bug juice for drinking, bug juice for cleaning brass, "JAGUAR, JAGUAR", red lights, Condition III, monkey meat, The Cork Room, Big Rudy and Miss Minchee at the Joy Club, San Miguel, PI JEST Course, Teh Straits of Malacca, leaving the brow for the last time July 12, 1980, 26 years ago and it seems like yesterday, shipmates, memories I cherish . . .