James Frederick "Paddy" Hart
Job Description
Skipper
Period
1960 - 1978
James worked briefly as a cook on the Kos VII before being apprehended as an illegal immigrant in 1960. Some months later he was granted residency and returned to Albany. Paddy started as a deckhand then later became a cook on the Cheynes III. He worked aboard this chaser for the next ten years progressing through the ranks from fireman to mate.
During his time as a deckhand, Paddy played an important role in assisting after the accident in which skipper Ches Stubbs lost his lower leg. In 1975 Mr. Hart qualified as Master and became relieving Skipper/Gunner on the company’s three catchers, taking over as permanent Skipper of Cheynes II. He was involved in a daring rescue off Albany’s south coast in March 1978, in which a young man was saved by the heroic actions of the whaler’s crew.
He was given the nickname Paddy because he was Irish and it was a term of endearment to call anyone of Irish descent ‘Paddy’.
James Paddy Hart