The ship is almost to its destination! The crew is anxious to get ashore and set their eyes on food, drink, entertainment, and whatever else pleases them. This next port will be primarily, however, for unloading purposes. [Read more →]
As I stand the Watch amidst seas which do not cease- but continue to roll along, (albeit in a synchronous roll which would make the average human being succumb to sickness), it reminds me of how our lives should ‘flow’.
I am probably reliving the past as Frontiersmen or Adventurers such as Captain James Cook, and Christopher Columbus might have viewed the ‘New Land’ as a challenge at all cost, and possibly whose sole purpose was to seek trade in another foreseeable kingdom. Who did they have to thank? [Read more →]
I was mesmerized by the Leonid Meteor shower the other night, on Thursday. Although, I missed its peak as I was informed of the display, a day late, I was pleasantly surprised at the frequency of such a show in the almost pitch black of a moonless sky. [Read more →]
They never said this job at sea was any easy. This trip is going on three and a half months and the number of days with which the crew has been ashore- you can count on one hand, with fingers left over. [Read more →]
A ship travels to its destination as planned via a set of track lines meticulously connected by penciling in lines on charts and any subsequent notations recorded on an accompanying voyage plan. No matter day or night, the ship continues its lumbering or seemingly drunken-like waltz as it pushes water and closes the gap between ports, hour-by-hour along these ever flowing highways we call the Ocean or Sea.
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The ‘Tern has managed to make a port stop in Singapore and has since completed some much required servicing of vital equipment while in port.
The ship was in need of some replacement pumps and new electric motors [Read more →]
The ship is making decent speed; yet, a change is in the near future. I’ll update once the plan is en force.
The transit Eastward is most unique for me. The ship is covering ocean at the rate in excess of seventy-five feet per second or fifteen knots. The seas reminiscent of jagged-cut Obsidian stone as its near black surface shimmies at all angles as the hull cuts a swath. [Read more →]