Boss gave orders same day early morning that he wants to cruise Grandi Is. Next morning we scrambled up all agents and navy personnel as the...

Many foreigners who work on yachts always get confused when they are asked about their ENG1 medical cert.

We arrived the brewery at noon and was met by the various smells of fermenting grains and hops that is associated with a brewery as we were ...

As we entered the garden on a footpath from the ticket booth we heard group of ladies walking in a circle, clapping their hands while singin...

A few weeks back I was related a true story from a cruise ship of how a personal drama evolved to remarkable proportions, read on. Cruise sh...

M/y Kalizma alongside Victoria Docks

Letter of protest from 1872

I had been invited to meet my friend Atul Gaikwad that lives close to Mumbai (at least when you look at the map) and this Saturday I decided...

Just last saturday, 3rd Jan, I had a fire onboard, it was very small and nobody was hurt, but nevertheless could have caused a total loss in...

So it was 31/12, the last day of the year. The day started as any other day here in Mumbai. It is sunny here now in winter time and reasonab...

   Cellular jail (source: Flickr on  Trawell  )

Taking a greenie on deck

We arrived Galle roads at 7am 18th Dec and I contacted the Port control. Port Control instructed us to proceed in and a naval patrol boarded...

Once alongside I met our agent Salim Jadwett and his nephew Ashraf that was the “action man”. Well, we started tackling the publicans and fi...

Here are some services I found good and reliable when I have been visiting Singapore. Map of Singapore marinas

Holy Cow

Smiling paan wala

Well, November brought big changes to our lives again. We had settled in comfortably in Phuket and then we suddenly had a guests arrival loo...

Below are contractors and tips I find useful for any yacht visiting Phuket.

There has lately been a lot of coverage about piracy in modern days and I'd like to comment on it. Piracy to most laymen brings in mind ...

At home with all the "get well" flowers

Previously I posted a blog about Ships Organisation structure, in this blog I am giving some impressions of how small crews works. Every cre...

Ships have a rather militaristic organization structure going in "chain of command" principle, or in other words linear command. O...

On 12th Nov was the full moon of twelfth lunar month and Thailand celebrated Loy Krathong , it is a festival coming from the Hindu “Deepaval...