Friday 22 June, 2007
21/06/07 SMT = GMT - 7. E Santa Barbara Channel
Been a busy day today. Had an emergency steering drill in the morning to comply with the US regulations. We'll be picking up pilot at 0400 in the morning on the 22nd. Coming to the US is always a pain in the posterior. The number of rules and regulations in this country stretch the ship's human resources to the breaking point. In addition to doing your own jobs, everyone is expected to carry out many other tasks in order for the ship to be able to comply with their requirements. Plus we've got the Lloyds surveyor coming in the morning for the annual survey. No rest for the wicked. We've just got news that our route is going to be changed. So this may be the first and last time that I touch LA. We'll be going into layby after discharging at Shanghai and Ningbo further orders. I'm sure our charteres MISC, won't allow the ship to sit back on it's ass for long, considering that they're paying 25,000USD for it. I hope they give us news of the new route in sufficient time so that I can order the new charts and plan out the courses.
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3 comments:
i totally like the jargon... interspersed with "pain in the posterior" and "no rest for the wicked"..but alas, i see no LA excitement
I'd like to thank all the people who take the time out to read this blog. I've not had a chance to address the comments so here goes:
Sunny: Yeah our route is from Shanghai to Ningbo to Los Angeles and back. Normally when sailing from Ningbo to LA we go north of Honshu via the strait of Tsugaru Kaikyo.
Satyajit: Well that's the sad part about being a sailor. U may get to go all over the world but very rarely do u get a chance to actually go out in port cause it's so busy. In port the 3rd and 2nd mate keep 6 on 6 off watches. This call LA was particularly hectic with the Annual survey et al so I was actually putting in some 18 odd hours of work in a day. In such a scenario when the option is between going out or catching up on some fragmented sleep, I choose the latter :)
thanks, popeye..i hope you've have fun
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