I joined the ‘General Cargo Vessel’ Mv London Banker as a Navigating Cadet on the 20th September 1966.
I shared a cabin with fellow Navigating Cadet Dermot O’Toole, Dermot had also done sea training at TS Indefatigable but didn’t remember him from there. We only overlapped for a short time, this was Dermots second ship and my first.
 
 
Click on Picture to enlarge…Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Dermot O’Toole
We said goodbye after 10 months, leaving the London Banker in New York on 9th July 1967
I met up with Dermot who lives on the Isle of Man – in Lancaster October 2017 just over 50 years after last seeing each other. Dermot is not long retired after a very long career at sea, finishing as Master.
 
 
Keith McCart clearing snow in New York 1967Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â London Banker
 
Dermot O’Toole (Oct 2017)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Keith McCart & Demot O’Toole (Oct 2017)
l-r Ann (Keiths wife), Dermot O’Toole and
partner Ann