Recent Posts Tagged With 'ship'

• A Day in the Life of a First Mate

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 08:25 in watch, ship, ocean, mate

  Life Aboard a ShipThe day of a First Mate or the Chief Mate as he is commonly known, begins at 0400 at sea. I arrange to be woken up at twenty minutes to four. After taking over watch from the second mate, who keeps the midnight to four watch, I head...

• The Bridge

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 23:12 in humor, beauty, flower, ship, bridge

  Today I’ll take you on a tour of the bridge as in on board the vessel. On board, the bridge is a place from where I navigate the ship. It is essentially subdivided into a chart room and wheel house and these days since the communications too has be...

• A Life Free of Ego

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 09:31 in humor, Spirituality, ego, ship

  The ego is born as soon as the child comes out of the mother’s womb. Though it starts manifesting itself only when one is in early teens and this limit must be heading southwards, I guess, like everything else in these times. The sad part is it doe...

• Carrying Cargoes

  Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 08:57 in humor, beauty, Nature, cargo, ship

  The major trade of the world is by sea. The merchant vessels generally known as freighters as distinct from passenger ships make the transportation possible from one part of the globe to another.The type I work on are the kind which carry stuff in bu...

• My First Voyage

  Posted on Friday July 4th, 2008 at 10:19 in ship, ocean, captain, nest, cadet, first voyage