Wednesday 29 June 2011

June 29th Update

Nice weather today, calm and 32 degrees C

View over the bow


  
Weather so far has been beautiful, most days calm seas and warm.  We had one weather system pass through last night for about 6 hours, but she rode very nicely, and the rain just cleaned off the salt!


June 29th Position

Friday 24 June 2011

Headed onto "Big Blue"

Our Journey has begun...

Prior to departure in Davao


Souvenir from local painter...

Friday 3 June 2011

Waiting...

10 hours until our maiden voyage, if she could talk she would be just as excited as the crew!

Wednesday 1 June 2011

Soon gonna leave China!!


Various Stages of Hull Painting, BTW took less than a full day!





Now how did I get here??


Captain and his Mates, taking a moment to enjoy the experience.
"V" is for Victory...
2nd Engineer Martin & Chief Mate John posing on the blocks
The video was too large to post, but funny...

2nd Officer defacing company property...
First Logbook Entry for the M/V Algoma Mariner

So far this has been an amazing experience for all involved, from the project team who designed and overseen every aspect of this vessel, to the crew who have been here working and inspecting along the way.  Our time in China draws near, as we will be setting sail upon our maiden voyage in only days now.  This past few days has been extremely busy for all involved, but was done with eager anticipation of our final goal.  And that is to take delivery of this fine vessel and bring it home for our company and return to our families who wait for us in Canada.  There were several amazing relationships forged along the way here from which I will cherish for life.  Over the next couple months we will be organizing and molding this vessel to be the finest vessel on the Great Lakes and East Coast of Canada,  Cheers to all that have followed and keep checking in as we will hope to keep you posted all along this amazing journey back home.