Category Archives: Cadets

Same like the nail.

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Tim

Lights in the Kiel Canal bokeh effect The picture has nothing to do with the post, I just like the lights and the effect I got by off-focusing called “bokeh” in the photography branch. Anyway I’m in the shipping branch, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cadets, From the ship, training | 1 Comment

Night moves

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Tim

A view of the telegraph by night Once on nights, always on nights. There is a tendency to end up on a run of nights for no other good reason than that’s just the way it goes, and no matter … Continue reading →

Posted in Cadets, On the ship, pinch of salt required | 2 Comments

Up the road, to the Mission

Posted on November 8, 2008 by Tim

One rule, 2 countries, 2 interpretations. In Rotterdam I couldn’t set foot off the ship without incurring great expense and hassle, and my bicycle was blacklisted, In Dunkerque, there was a free bus laid on to take us up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cadets, France, French, From the ship, going ashore | 1 Comment

From the archives

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Tim

Back in 1994 before pocket digital cameras, and when mobile phones were still a yuppie luxury I was a deck cadet and had the pleasure of “doing” a drydock on a VLCC. It’s a bit like the way Americans “do” … Continue reading →

Posted in Archives, Cadets, From the ship, Singapore, VLCC | 3 Comments

Be nice to the spanners

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Tim

Have lost contact with the muse recently and got entangled in the Wire. All 5 series seen now, and I feel like Jimmy Mc Nulty after a wake at Kavanagh’s bar. Still it’s a great show. Anyway back to blogging. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cadets, From the ship, On the ship, deck and engine room, oil and water, pinch of salt required, practical jokes | 3 Comments