Category Archives: the weather

Snow, storms and seasickness.

The picture is taken off the coast of Norway, Utsira to be precise and we had a hell of a night that went on and on. Rolling and sliding, the picture captures the moment fairly well. I wasn’t sick in … Continue reading

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Roll on next port

 Other activities including a short teaching stint at the local Maritime college and large doses of real life have kept me away from the old blog but I’m back on the high seas again battling the elements. The weather is … Continue reading

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The sea is big

The sea is big and we are small, we got a fair beating in the North Sea the other day, the wind was cold and from the North and it whipped up the sea, and because we were heading west … Continue reading

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Warships

HMS Gloucester HMS Iron Duke HMS Lancaster Three warships passed our position today heading for sea all spick and span after the bad weather, there was no radio traffic and the AIS was switched off so no ideas about where … Continue reading

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Back on the blue

Back in the shadow of a satellite again blogging can resume normal service. New ship and new voyages, joined in Tenerife as can be seen from the selection of photos in the side bar and now proceeding northward towards winter … Continue reading

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