Cybercaptain

Monday, February 03, 2003

Columbus Caravelle sold

30.01.2003 - 03.02.2003

Owner's representative/ Captain
m/v Columbus Caravelle

Columbus Caravelle alongside Gaoyanglu wharf, Shanghai

(photo collage)

04.03.2000 - 31.05.2000 Chief Officer
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

M/v Columbus Caravelle in Jeju Is., S. Korea

New cruising grounds

Having signed off last April I knew that the stay in Singapore was over and also my counterpart resigned for landbased work, I was now the senior Captain but it didn't look good for the future as both Chief Mate's that I had were not considered mature enough to be promoted and relatively new in the Company.

Columbus Caravelle alongside in Jeju island

Moving to Singapore

Having signed on last October as Chief Mate we got the news of a new acquirement by Conning shipping, an old 2nd hand cruise ship made in Denmark. It was all crewed by Ukrainians, cheap as chips as was also told by the Technical Manager, Mr Yeung, that they can't afford us anymore. Bit of a pity to hear it but as usual it is the figure under the red line that matters.

Off Bintan Island

Oihonna

24.01.2000 - 16.02.2000

2nd officer
m/s Oihonna

Oihonna (unknown photographer)

Winden

10.12.1999 - 07.01.2000

Chief officer
M/s Winden

Winden (unknown photographer)

Columbus Caravelle

07.04.1999 - 22.09.1999

Captain
m/v Columbus Caravelle

LOA: 117m, GT 7560, Passengers: ~200

Columbus Caravelle in Port Klang

Oihonna

11.03.1999 - 29.03.1999

2nd officer
m/s Oihonna

M/s Oihonna

Railship I

07.03.1999 - 10.03.1999

1st officer
m/s Railship I

M/s Railship I (Photo by A. Sporri)

Superstar Leo

22.09.1998 - 23.12.1998

2nd officer
m/v Superstar Leo

Superstar Leo (unknown photographer)

Superstar Sagittarius

16.06.1998 - 16.09.1998

2nd officer
m/v Superstar Sagittarius

Superstar Sagittarius at Pulau Pangkor, Malaysia

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

Roslagen

20.05.1998 - 08.06.1998

2nd officer
M/s Roslagen

Roslagen (unknown photographer)

Columbus Caravelle

09.01.1998 - 17.04.1998

Captain
m/v Columbus Caravelle

M/s Columbus Caravelle at WTC in Singapore

Finnmaid

07.10.1997 - 15.12.1997

2nd officer
m/s Finnmaid

Finnmaid (photo by Dirk Jankowsky)

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

M/v Columbus Caravelle

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.