The year 1963 was marked by devastation in the Caribbean due to a hurricane and a virus outbreak.
Sailing to Caribbean 1963. I had signed on at M/s Trubadur in the port of Gothenburg in September 1963. This was my first time that I left home, at the age of 15. It was going to be a big change in my life, from farm working to become a sailor in the merchant navy. […]