Motivation under sail

Seiko pocketwatches

Having acquired a few pocket watches I also liked for, and came across, ways to wear them on the wrist instead of in my pocket as was customary in the old days. 

Seikosha train watch from 40-50's

Mount Etna

 

Mount Etna summit

Turkiye cruising

I was cruising in Turkiye part of July and whole of August,  pretty good sceneries and some interesting tonnage there too. 

Leona

Fulk Al Salamah

Fulk Al Salamah (Ship of peace) in Malaga, June 2012

Credit: Bj (shipspotting)

Alcohol onboard

Credit: AI (LinkedIn)

s/y Epsilon

Epsilon departing Djibouti

Al Khalilah

Al Khalilah ('friend' for Arabic)

Serenissima

Serenissima in Trogir

Suez ships

m/v Trust

St Helena (the ship) going arctic

St Helena in arctic setting (AI generated?)

by Terra Nova Expeditions

Hard luck Elbeik

Port of Tarragona

SA research ships

S.A. Agulhas in the background at Damen facility

Xiang Yang Hong 01

Chinese research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 01

Duncan dock traffic

Fishing vessel Kao Feng no 101 in Duncan dock

Dimitrios

m/v Dimitrios

Jakarta shipspotting

m/v Alexindo 8

Al Raya

08.04.2025 - 23.06.2025
05.12.2024 - 06.02.2025
02.10.2024 - 04.11.2024
19.05.2024 - 02.08.2024
06.01.2023 - 08.03.2023
03.09.2023 - 07.11.2023
m/y Al Raya
Captain

Alongside in Antibes

Deep Sea Sail

Tallships at sunset

Credit: peakpx.com

Forsa

Forsa

m/v Stockholm

Postcard view Stockholm as original

Credit: Wikipedia

Harsha Vardhana

Harsha Vardana at anchor in Port Blair, Dec 2008 

UN Ocean Conference

The Bonita is a boat belonging to the NGO Expédition MED, which brings together a collective of scientists, environmentalists, and citizens fighting against plastic pollution. Photo: Cyril Dodergny

Baía Farta

Baía Farta in Capetown

River Princess

m/v River Princess during better days in Hamburg, 1997

Credit: Joerg Seyler (shipspotting)

Tall-Ship news no 131

Tall Ship news cover no 131 1/2025

Classic yachts

El Mahrousa

(Credit: Boat international)

Zeglarstwo 7-8/2024

 

Żeglarstwo 2-page spread of Anny von Hamburg

Radisson Diamond

2009 in Hong Kong

Credit: Asiacruiser

St Helena (the ship) sold

St Helena alongside at Portland in 2024

Credit pauldimages.co.uk (Marinetraffic)

The Big U

S.S. Unites States

Travel poster by Lester Thomas Beall (Wikipedia)

Fort Santiago

Manila cathedral

Filipino tonnage

m/v Baleno, 1971 built in Japan

Shipspotting

Super Shuttle Roro 9 (SSR9)

Mindoro loop

The Mindoro loop

Hanoi

Having had our business and tourism concluded in Bangkok we headed for Vietnam, this time for Hanoi as neither of us had ever been there. 

Hanoi old quarter

Bangkok

Chao Phraya river

Ayutthaya

Taking the train to the former capital Ayutthaya in the morning. 

Bangkok Hualamphong train station

Barque Sirimahannop

Sirimahannop

Vanvarang

Vanvarang on Chao Phraya

Manila

Nice airport

High seas detective

"Khaled A" just before sunset

Piracy - part 2

Having written a piece back in 2008 I thought a follow up might be in order regarding piracy as a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then.

The old high risk area (courtesy of Latitudebrokers)

Nao Trinidad

"Nao Trinidad" in Port Tarraco

Recruitment scams

Courtesy by tenor.com

Anny von Hamburg - early years

Hamburger Correspondent 31 July 1914

Ship position reports

Finns saved German sailing ship

Cover for the magazine "Żeglarstwo"

Let go all lines!

The German "naval association" (Marinebundes) magazine featured in their 1/2-2025 edition a 3 page article of Anny von Hamburg written by Peer Schmidt-Walther. 

Below I have given a translation for those whose German may be a bit rusty (click on pictures to enlarge):

 

Front page, featuring Captain Juha Pokka on Anny Von Hamburg