Young Bunas Travels
 

Took the boy to Newcastle Airport this morning to start his journey to Seattle. He is joining his latest vessel Oosterdam prior to a cruise to Alaska and will be home again in four weeks.

Apparently, the company are short of a senior deck officer in the short term due to some unforeseen circumstances and James is happy to oblige, thus enabling him to get the required sea time in to sit his Masters as quickly as possible.

Fair winds and following seas bonny lad :salute:

All the best in his travels including fair winds and calm seas.

Appreciated :up:

Course: 145°
 

Good to hear his career is advancing so well; best of luck to him on his continued voyages...




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I've just realised his car insurance renewal id due on 11th this month, wonder who'll be picking up that tab :hmmm:

http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/x...g?t=1496505489 Sleepless in Seattle!

Quote:

The report was made 15 minutes ago, at 15:53 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 1,5 meters per second (3,5 miles per hour) from variable directions.. The atmospheric pressure was 1020 hPa (30.11 inHg). The relative humidity was 67,1 %. The sky was overcast from a height of 792 meter (2600 feet) The overall visibility was 16,1 kilometers (10.0 miles).

^ Yeah, he rang earlier today to say he was about to have breakfast at the hotel (An overnight hotel stay is always provided prior to joining a vessel) and the shipping agent would then pick him up and transport him there.

He should be onboard by now,

Keeping 'tabs' on the kids
 

I was wondering about Young Buna. Glad he's doing well. That may be an excellent assignment for him. A little different navigating than the Bahamas.
:Kaleun_Salute: :Kaleun_Cheers:

I think he's done about half a dozen Alaska cruises thus far but he does admit because of the shallow and often rocky terrain, navigation is a little more intense than normal.

Came in earlier this morning via email, the view from the bridge: Hubbard Glacier.

http://i.imgur.com/8DWIa04.jpg

I thought he already was a First Officer ...

What is a first officer on a ship?

He found it hard to settle in Venice and change to the new working systems of a new ships compliment. Someone (not sure who) made it known to his former Captain who just so happened to be taking his old ship into Venice as part of a scheduled cruise and the boy (by invite) spent the weekend onboard with the Captain and his wife, phone calls were made and emails sent and a couple of weeks later a transfer was arranged which was no biggie really, seeing as how both companies are a part of the same group.