Wednesday, March 10, 1999
Wednesday, December 23, 1998
Wednesday, September 16, 1998
Tuesday, September 01, 1998
Fascination under sail
In 1998 Capt Jan Rautawaara had the opportunity to Captain the old schooner Anny von Hamburg for a summer and from the experience he wrote an article in the "Ocean Adventures - Tall ships international" magazine as per below. Also included some marketing brochures for brokers and travel agents alike (click pictures to enlarge).
Brochure graphics
Sunday, June 07, 1998
Friday, April 17, 1998
Monday, December 15, 1997
Monday, July 07, 1997
Columbus Caravelle
02.06.1996 - 10.09.1996 Chief Officer
10.09.1996 - 04.11.1996 1st Officer (Safety)
03.12.1996 - 07.07.1997 Chief Officer
M/v Columbus Caravelle
10.09.1996 - 04.11.1996 1st Officer (Safety)
03.12.1996 - 07.07.1997 Chief Officer
M/v Columbus Caravelle
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 Åbo Navigations Institut's general ratings course.
Aboa Mare
Tuesday, August 08, 1995
Wednesday, January 18, 1995
Sunday, September 04, 1994
Thursday, February 17, 1994
Monday, December 20, 1993
Thursday, October 21, 1993
Monday, August 02, 1993
Wednesday, August 19, 1992
Thursday, January 03, 1991
Wednesday, July 04, 1990
Bore Britannica
18.05.1989 - 05.06.1989 OS
19.06.1989 - 13.07.1989 OS
18.12.1989 - 04.01.1990 OS
09.04.1990 - 20.04.1990 OS
24.05.1990 - 25.06.1990 OS
26.06.1990 - 05.07.1990 AB
19.06.1989 - 13.07.1989 OS
18.12.1989 - 04.01.1990 OS
09.04.1990 - 20.04.1990 OS
24.05.1990 - 25.06.1990 OS
26.06.1990 - 05.07.1990 AB
Ordinary seaman
Able seaman (combined deck/engine)
Bore Britannica
LOA 156 m
Friday, August 18, 1989
Pasila
21.07.1989 - 19.08.1989
Ordinary seaman
Ordinary seaman
The bad times in Finnish shipping were still going on in late 80's and jobs were always temporary. Nobody employed crew on a permanent contract due to no vacancies as ships were sold en masse abroad or flagged abroad under flags of convenience.
This time I had been called up from the job centre to report to Pasila as ordinary seaman. I signed on at west coast in some port (I think Pori) with a power plant as ESL shipping's vessels supplies coal to all of them in Finland. As soon as we were empty we sailed for Poland or another port on the Baltic south coast to load more coal and bring it back to the hungry power plants.
Pasila being towed (unknown photographer)
Monday, May 08, 1989
Military service
In 1988 I was drafted to do my military service and I managed to get into the Navy. In Finland this could be tricky as the draft officers could be difficult and just assign you far up north to Lappland if you wanted to be in the Navy. Furthermore, I was a serving merchant navy seaman so it was bound to attract some questions if I would not like to go inland and serve my country. Fortunately the Draft Officer was in a good mood and after some discussion he assigned me to Helsinki to do my basic training.
Photo by Kari Martiala
Tuesday, March 01, 1988
Crewing onboard as rating
In 1985 I graduated from the General Rating (fit for work on deck and engine) class on 31st of May as was customary for schools in Finland. During the spring I had been running to different shipping companies looking for a job and as it was a recession period in those days it was pretty hard to get hired.
Tuesday, January 13, 1987
Bore Queen
26.02.1986 - 26.03.1986
11.04.1986 - 20.05.1986
01.07.1986 - 09.09.1986
23.09.1986 - 14.01.1987
11.04.1986 - 20.05.1986
01.07.1986 - 09.09.1986
23.09.1986 - 14.01.1987
Wednesday, September 04, 1985
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