The End

We arrived in Japan after our long journey on the 26th and disembarked the 27th.   I apologize for the delay in writing this.  It was an incredible journey, and I would like to thank the Stolt Sincerity for making it happen.  Thank you all for reading.  Here are some pictures as promised.  

The Ocean is Big

We’re somewhere in the Pacific, still moving along.  We have about another 4000 knots to go, so we’re almost across.  We’ve been pretty busy recently.  There have been several tank entries, and a lot of maintenence.  We overhauled valves in the ship’s nitrogen plant which was interesting, and today we’re finally changing the refrigeration oil for the HVAC system.  In fine fashion, Grant walked across some wet paint today; it was quite tragic.  We’re scheduled to arrive at anchorage in Japan on the 25th and we will be disembarking from there on the 26th.  Sorry for my lack of posts; the internet has been spotty.

On Our Way

Hey guys.  We’re somewhere in the Pacific heading North West.  Now that we’re out of port, Grant and ai have has a steady flow of jobs to occupy our time.  Some have been more glamorous than others, but I enjoy the work.  Its much less boring than just trying to stay out of the way.  Today Grant and I were able to enter the forward technical freshwater tank to assist in maintenence.  It was a long way to the bottom of the tank, and it was a good chance for us to examine some of the ship’s structure.  We’re currently scheduled to get to Japan on the 25th, so it looks like we’ll be cutting it close getting back to Webb in time for classes.  We’ve been spending a lot of time with the Captain and Chief Officer, and its great because they’re very knowledgable and have helped us learn a lot.  I’ll update as we get further along.  We’be been averaging around 13 knots, so its slow going.

Goodbye Land

We left anchorage early this morning, and are now in the Pacific sailing for Japan.  Its going to be about 25 days until we get there which I think is a rather long period of time to go without seeing land.  Its definitely going to be interesting.  Today we changed to refrigerant in the provisions cooling system, and tomorrow we’re going to be changing the tefrigerant in the HVAC system, which is going to be a significantly more formidable task.  I’ll update as things occur.

Through the Panama Canal

We went through the Panama Canal today.  It was remarkable.  I am currently not able to upload pictures which is unfortunate, because there are a few that I would really like to share.  The Queen Elizabeth went through the canal right before us, and it was cool to see.  We have a lot of new guys aboard now, which is interesting.  The new Captain is on board and has relieved the old captain who disembarked today.  For the first time on this trip, I'm slightly sad; I'm sad to see the guys go.  I'mm going to miss them.  We have to take on a lot of HFO before we get going across the Pacific, and we'll be doing that at anchorage.  We'll probably be departing sometime tomorrow afternoon or evening, and it definitely is going to be interesting going for such an extended period of time away from land.  I'm excited though.

Arrival in Panama

Pasha barge carrier

The entrance to the Canal is that way

Throwback to cargo operations in Freeport

Sunset

Grant and I arrived in Panama early this morning.  We took on enough fuel to cross the canal in a ship to ship transfer and are waiting to cross.  We're supposed to start crossing at around 4 A.M.  and we'll be finished some time in the evening.  On the other side we'll be taking on enough fuel to cross the Pacific, and our new captain will board.  A lot of new guys boarded the ship this morning, and most of the guys disembarking are getting off tonight.

Quick Update

We’re scheduled to arrive in Panama tomorrow night, and 9 guys are dismebarking there.  A new captain is signing on, snd it should be interesting to see how the dynamic of the ship changes as a result.  Everyone on the ship is in good spirits right now.  The ship is rolling a little more  now that we’ve passed Cuba which is fun.