Meet the Captain - Alex Downes

I wouldn't say he's young but he's the only Marella Cruises ships captain who has his Dad's name on his driving insurance policy! 

But he insisted he could prove he was a captain and he raised his trouser leg to reveal a pair of cotton socks with "Captain" embroidered on them. 

His freckled face would pass for a lad of twenty. He is in fact approaching forty years of age. He's seven years to go but that's still approaching forty.  Bit of a comedian is our captain.

The row of senior officers, about twelve in number contain several individuals that try to inject humour in their brief, twenty second, biopic and of them the best was the Reception Manager, who, apparently, is still single. He reminds all single female passengers that he is available twenty-four hours a day and if he's not at reception they can leave their number and he'll get right back to them. A very attractive blonde Northern Irish girl is Chief Purser who tried to link her border homeland upbringing with the dark art of smuggling. We  also have an Irish Chief Engineer who kept his speech rather humour free. They all toast our health, walk off the stage and return their barely touched glasses to a waiting wine steward before returning to work.