Saturday, February 14, 2004
RMS Windsor Castle
Friday, February 13, 2004
Grounding of Margarita L
Monday, February 03, 2003
Columbus Caravelle sold
m/v Columbus Caravelle
Tuesday, January 07, 2003
Columbus Caravelle
01.06.2000 - 07.08.2000 Captain
02.10.2000 - 01.11.2000 Chief Officer
02.11.2000 - 04.02.2001 Captain
05.04.2001 - 04.06.2001 Chief Officer
05.06.2001 - 10.08.2001 Captain
09.10.2001 - 09.12.2001 Chief Officer
10.12.2001 - 26.04.2002 Captain
24.06.2002 - 07.01.2003 Captain
M/v Columbus Caravelle
Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Friday, January 07, 2000
Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Monday, March 29, 1999
Wednesday, March 10, 1999
Wednesday, December 23, 1998
Wednesday, September 16, 1998
Sunday, June 07, 1998
Friday, April 17, 1998
Monday, December 15, 1997
Monday, July 07, 1997
Columbus Caravelle
10.09.1996 - 04.11.1996 1st Officer (Safety)
03.12.1996 - 07.07.1997 Chief Officer
M/v Columbus Caravelle
Friday, May 31, 1996
Master unlimited
Having been at it for 10 years in total I had finally completed my studies, at least for now. The universal day in Finland was that on the last day of May all schools closed for summer and students got their end of semester reports. I had been doing my Captains ticket for past 2 years now but the overall "process" started in 1984 when I joined Ă…bo Navigations Institut's general ratings course.
We all gathered at the Ă…bo Navigations Institut (Aboa Mare today) up on the "hill" and gathered in the big center lobby with all classes mingling together. There all Classes were divided up after the opening speech by the headmaster. Then certificates were given to each and everyone that had earned them (there was a few that had dropped out or needed more experience to get their competence), I was among our class one of the few that had the requisite experience to get the Master's COC on this very day!