Friday, June 20, 2014

Leaving port kembla

Leaving port was a real thrill. It was a carefully rehurst exercise to get the ship turned and out of port. 


Engine room

This shot is standing with the engine running at 1/2 ahead. Doing about 70rpm
This is the top of the engine. (Heads) it goes down another 2 floors. 

Drifting of Newcastle

Today we have had a 12 hour drift off the coast to wait our turn to enter Newcastle. We have been bust readying the ship to take on its coal cargo before leaving for japan. 

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Big boys

These two Diesel engines are. 2 of the 3 generators that provide power used on board. They burn around 2 tonnes of fuel each day. The piston and conrod I have in my workshop are from one of these engines. Pictured is Tony the first engineer. 

Pedro's cabin

Good to be the chief 


Desert
Barista at work

The mess is off the hook

Can't believe how good the food is. You seem to spend an aweful lot of the day eating. 

Breakfast 7.30-8
Morning tea. 10/10.30
Lunch 12-1
Afternoon tea 3-3.30
Dinner 6-7

The mess is a bit divided between blue and white collar. They sit on different tables. I just keep swapping between the two. 

First day on deck

I had my first day of work today. I spent the first few hours doing a full induction with the 2nd engineer. After that I was assigned to the IR's for the day working as a deck hand. The boys were a great bunch to work with and made me very welcome. We spent the day doing maintenance tasks around the deck. We also went into one of the cargo holds to change some bilge filters. It's a spin out how big this ship is. 
Tomorrow I'm spending the day in the engine room. I will get to experience an engine startup. What a hoot

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

All at Sea

I'm just about to start another great adventure. Pedro has worked a miracle and got permission for me to join his ship for the first part of it voyage. More to follow