Peter Osgood


		Phone Taymara Head of Unit Bob Richmond 01382 542516

	E-mail Taymara webmaster, Ken Bushe contact@taymara.org



	Joining

	Regular meetings on Marigot, berthed alongside North Carr Victoria Dock, Dundee - Thursdays 7.30 pm and on Sundays throughout the winter





	Navigation Training

Phone Taymara Head of Unit Bob Richmond - tel. 01382 542516

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	For other enquiries

	Phone Taymara Head of Unit Bob Richmond - tel. 01382 542516

	E-mail Taymara website - contact@tyamara.org


	Peter served his country in a life at sea with the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy and sailed on a wide variety of vessels from the aircraft carrier Indefatigable to the Queen Mary and the Richmond Castle. Amongst many other things of note in his life (...and that made a good tale) he had the unenviable distinction of being nearly blown up three times...once by a doodlebug, once by a Japanese Kamikaze pilot, and then yet again in the Guildford pub bombing. On another day, years after, over another pint, he was asked somewhat naively by someone younger than himself what that was like, he replied....”I didn’t li-ike it. I went to another pub,.didn’t I? “

		Aboard North Carr where he looked after the mess (and us)


	Peter at home, tending ship



	Driving Badger



	Looking for dolphins



	Finding dolphins - just off the port bow - there they are!







	Thanks, Peter.....

		When we returned to Davy Anderson’s after taking these photographs, the time came for Peter to climb back up the ladder from Badger to the slipway again...I offered him the added security of a rope to help pull him up the ladder. He looked at the rope for a moment or two, then looked at me and asked (as if he didn’t know) ”What’s that for Kenny?” ...When I explained, he said “Oh I won’t need THAT” and before I could patronise him further, he shot up the ladder like a monkey, onto the slipway and then JOGGED on the spot while I climbed up behind him. I said nothing, he said nothing...... but I couldn’t help noticing that something seemed to be amusing him

		He’ll always be remembered and missed. Our sympathies and condolences go out to his wife Nessie, his family and all of his many friends and comrades.





		Postscript



		Peter’s ashes were scattered from Marigot on the Tay near the Horseshoe buoy at the request of his family.



		Badger and Marigot sailed in formation to the Horseshoe Bouy







		Peter Osgood









		Peter might not have been surprised at the malfunctioning of Badger’s GPS navigation system but.... a bit to seaward of the Horseshoe buoy (due south of the yellow marker buoy) was the place.

		Later.... from Marigot - It was 56 27.2’ N 002 49.6’W



		Thanks, Peter.


	Taymara is a charity run entirely by volunteers on a not for profit basis for the benefit of the local community.


	We aim to provide a community boat service and maritime experience through sightseeing and dolphin watching trips which allow great opportunities to see the river and its wildlife as it should be seen - from the water!


	In addition, we aim to provide sea training for individuals and vulnerable groups who might normally be excluded from this experience. We also work closely with organisations who provide recovery and rehabilitation programmes which encompass drug and alchohol abuse.

		(Taymara is registered in Scotland, Charity number SC039319. Company number SC334650)


	Thanks to all our sponsors and all those who have supported us -


	Mr Clive McKeag, The DC Thomson Charitable Trust, The St. Katherines Trust, The Mathew Trust, The Tay Charitable Trust, The Alexander Moncur Trust, The Robertson Trust, Forth Ports and the Port of Dundee, The Apex Hotel, Dundee City Council, David Winch and Gareth Norman of Secureforce Controlled Environments