Category Archives: pinch of salt required

Norway Coasting

The Ocean Countess heading northwards off the coast of Fedje, Norway at just around sunset. The bar was probably swinging with sun down drinking revelers who were all blissfully unaware of the black cloud gushing out of the funnel after … Continue reading

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Hanse Vision- Kiel Canal

A photo of the Hanse Vision container feeder which I passed by in the Kiel Canal last week. You save plenty time by taking the shortcut through the canal, but you lose a lot of sleep and have to negotiate … Continue reading

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Water brick?

Tug Tytan assisting this morning. The ship was approaching the port of Gdansk this morning, and I went up to the bridge for the usual procedure of pilot boarding. On the electronic chart screen I saw a notation written in … Continue reading

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Night moves

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

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GPS dependancy

I read with interest an article about GPS at Panbo.com which started me thinking about how much GPS there is these days, my mobile phone has a GPS with Google maps, you can get a tag for your dog or … Continue reading

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