Friends of the Eye : our gossip
The contact page for people who sailed in the Eye of the Wind. As we're such a wide-spread bunch, this may be the place to get in contact again with your old travel mates.
You may notice this is not the familiar look of this place. But indeed, due to a huge spam problem, I had to upgrade the place. So about everything is different from what it was and I did not fully understand the design tricks yet. But as soon as I did, you'll get the varnished timber back, I promise!! :)
Also, due to now more than 2000 porn and other junk entries, we now require a log-in to post, hoping to keep the robots off. I am tired of dealing with all that crap.
To add your post, click "Log in", type your name, your valid email and select a password. You will receive an email with a link. Click that link and be free to post your stories, comments or what ever.
Sorry for the inconvenience, but otherwise the forum gets flooded under junk. For any questions, please email to: At the beginning of the address, put friendsgossip, then the "at" symbol, then my family name, which is Koys. At the end, close with .de for Germany. Sorry for providing a riddle, but sometimes 800 spams per day is enough to me. I have to do something about that. Hope, this helps both of us - you and me.
Also, due to now more than 2000 porn and other junk entries, we now require a log-in to post, hoping to keep the robots off. I am tired of dealing with all that crap.
To add your post, click "Log in", type your name, your valid email and select a password. You will receive an email with a link. Click that link and be free to post your stories, comments or what ever.
Sorry for the inconvenience, but otherwise the forum gets flooded under junk. For any questions, please email to: At the beginning of the address, put friendsgossip, then the "at" symbol, then my family name, which is Koys. At the end, close with .de for Germany. Sorry for providing a riddle, but sometimes 800 spams per day is enough to me. I have to do something about that. Hope, this helps both of us - you and me.
Re: Op Drake crew (1213 Views)
Posted by: Alan Lees (IP Logged)
Date: December 6, 2007 04:58AM
Hi everyone,
My name is Alan Lees and I was not a member of Operation Drake, but I am trying to locate someone who was.
In 1980(?) my wife and I picked up a young guy hitch hiking north on the Stuart Hwy in Northern Australia. His name was Mike Prior and he had just completed a stint with Op. Drake on the "Eye of the Wind". He was filling in time before rejoining the vessel in New Zealand.
Mike was doing it hard as he had been robbed in Adelaide and lost a lot of his cash as well as his camera. He needed to make the money for his fare to NZ and was hoping to pick up work in Darwin.
We took him home with us to Darwin and he stayed for some time while he looked for work, which he eventualy found.
After he returned to "Eye of the Wind" in NZ he kept in touch, but we lost contact a couple of years later after he returned to the UK. The last we heard he was working in London.
Mike was a policeman in Yorkshire before joining Op. Drake, but we do not think he went back to this.
If anyone has any news or contact information for him we would appreciating hearing.
Alan & Lyn Lees
Alan.Lees@nabors.com
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 12/06/07 05:26AM by Alan Lees.
My name is Alan Lees and I was not a member of Operation Drake, but I am trying to locate someone who was.
In 1980(?) my wife and I picked up a young guy hitch hiking north on the Stuart Hwy in Northern Australia. His name was Mike Prior and he had just completed a stint with Op. Drake on the "Eye of the Wind". He was filling in time before rejoining the vessel in New Zealand.
Mike was doing it hard as he had been robbed in Adelaide and lost a lot of his cash as well as his camera. He needed to make the money for his fare to NZ and was hoping to pick up work in Darwin.
We took him home with us to Darwin and he stayed for some time while he looked for work, which he eventualy found.
After he returned to "Eye of the Wind" in NZ he kept in touch, but we lost contact a couple of years later after he returned to the UK. The last we heard he was working in London.
Mike was a policeman in Yorkshire before joining Op. Drake, but we do not think he went back to this.
If anyone has any news or contact information for him we would appreciating hearing.
Alan & Lyn Lees
Alan.Lees@nabors.com
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 12/06/07 05:26AM by Alan Lees.
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