A yacht called ‘Romantica’
I write in the hope that readers may be able to assist me.
I am currently working on behalf of a client to find information regarding a private yacht called Romantica that was chartered in and around Malta between 1971 and 1973.
It would be helpful if I could trace any of the staff that worked on the yacht at the time, however, I appreciate this was almost 50 years ago. Most of the crew were Maltese.
The yacht was chartered by Joseph Cyril Bamford and his family, from the earthmover company JCB.
I have a list of the crew and their known names:
Captain JK Arbuthnot OBE (captain), known as Jake; D. W. Willetts (chief engineer), known as Chief; G.E.W May (2nd engineer), known as Ted; A. Spiteri (Bosun), known as Bosun; L. Camilleri (Able Seaman), known as Lewis; E. Spiteri (Able Seaman), known as Billy; O. Scardino (chef), known as Oresti; P. Prima (steward), known as Paul; and A. Azzopardi (assistant steward), known as Tony.
If any readers have any information about the yacht or its crew I would be grateful if they could please make contact on the following e-mail address: jtaylor8851@yahoo.com.
Jeff Taylor – Stafforshire, UK
From the online comments
PN shadow cabinet is announced
A wise move. Something that was done with Ian Duncan Smith by the British Conservative Party and he excelled in the role where he hadn’t as party leader. – Rod Enderby
Where the Maltese government and opposition have failed in many things they both clearly excel at recycling. – James Dewar
Other parties are completely irrelevant so let’s focus on what our elected government does every day as they are the only ones who will affect our lives for the next five years. Would be nice to hear one PL supporter talk about what the government is doing now but all they seem to have is ‘PN are rubbish’ comments for everything. Malta can’t move forward until the government is held to account for any wrongdoing. I would like a nice country please and a nice life if that’s ok. I assume the PL will be delivering it soon? – Frank Abela
An initial good chess move but the game is in initial stages. – J. Xerri
Well done, Adrian Delia deserves no less. He was treated so horribly by those despicable Blue Heroes. Wish Delia good luck. – L. Thomas
The shadow cabinet of a ghost party. – J. Brincat
Kontinwita, no apologies to Adrian Delia. A change to the worse for 2027. Another five years wasted. No Delia leader, no vote. – M. Agius
“Delia - a controversial figure in the PN.” Sigh. Delia was elected on two districts, while those who were not controversial, according to the Times of Malta, were ousted by a clear margin. The Times of Malta continues to flog this dead horse. If he had not been undermined by false stories and storms in teacups, we might have not had such a negative electoral outcome. – Jean K. Soler
Can someone, anyone, anywhere explain how someone so devoid of any originality or ideas like David Agius keeps popping up in repeated versions of a failed PN line-up? I’m not complaining, I don’t mind seeing them lose again, just wondering if I'm missing something. – Timothy Duca
The PN has become more deaf than a doornail. The PN is so arrogant that it persists to disregard the message that its own voters have been sending one election after the other. This shadow cabinet is totally opposite to the message that the electorate has clearly sent just a few weeks ago. This party has no future, it has already imploded, the next step is to get vaporised! – Ri Mifsud