M/t Tobias - the greatest tanker in the world

Many times in the beginning of my career the old hands talked about the American (“Yankee-tank”) supertanker “Tobias”, the world’s largest tanker. It was carrying elephant-snot from India…

M/t Tobias

Seafaring culture

Delivery Djibouti to Cyprus

Planned voyage Djibouti to Turkey, possibly Bodrum

Ever Given

Probably the most known picture about Ever Given that broke into the media

(Courtesy of GCaptain)

Suez shipspotting

m/v Sister 12

Fanny revisited

21.03.2022 - 07.07.2022

Captain

s/y Fanny

Fanny in Marina degli Aregai

Lilibet

20.11.2022 - 16.05.2023
Captain
fpv Lilibet

Singapore roads, taking bunkers, photo by Capt Thye Hock

Adventurer ANNY VON HAMBURG

ANNY VON HAMBURG under full sail off Miami, Florida. 

© Photo: Bent Weber, BU: Peer Schmidt-Walther, photo: 1983

Across two Oceans in the Fennia

Fennia crew at the helm (photo by Charles Howlett)

Sail training ship Fennia

Poster of shipwrecks around Falklands

Falklands Islands

Spectacular sunsets on Southern Atlantic

South Atlantic sojourn

As we had left Tristan da Cunha we set course for South Georgia with an aim to go do some PR for the locals there as well as to see the grave of Ernest Shackleton. 

Some humour along the trip was required, orginal Asterix album cover modified

Lawhill in the news

Lawhill (courtesy of Clydeships)

Lawhill chronology

Lawhill colorized with the Finnish flag (courtesy of Erick Navas)

Captain Arthur A Soderlund

As I was visiting Tristan da Cunha a colleague of mine had told me there is a Finn buried over there. Before the port was the local cemetery so I requested our hosts to stop there to have a quick look.

The Söderlund family (courtesy of Pix in 1945) 

Tristan da Cunha

Having left Cape Town we planned to go East until we reached Tristan da Cunha before turning on a southerly heading in order to avoid the low pressures feeding up from Cape Horn and Pacific ocean. 

Tristan da Cunha, coat of arms

From Miehikkälä to the seas

Translation from Finnish to English of the "Forestry owners" article in the 3/2023 edition, click link for related pictures (pages 8-9):

From Miehikkälä to the oceans of the world

Pages 8-9 (pictures Severi Pöhö, Reino Pietikäinen)

Seafaring life

This article was originally published by the Finnish seamen's mission in Finnish, below is a translation of it:

A Sailors life is full of surprises!

21st March 2023

Jan Rautawaara and Juha Pokka in front of "Anny"

Raseborg says no to Anny von Hamburg

Västra Nyland's article

Anny can't get a berth

DERIGGED. S/y Anny von Hamburg has been rebuilt in the 80s to a private yacht. According to the plans she will get new masts in Ekenäs.

Åbo Underrättelser, page 1

Newbuild delivery Vietnam

Visa scrum

Visit to Philippines

Having told my previous employ to keep their show I left for the Philippines for some R&R. 

View of Taal volcano

Trident

21.07.2022 - 31.10.2022
Captain
m/y Trident

Trident (courtesy of Boat international magazine)

S(h)aving the nature

Having seen on old westerns and black and white movies men shaving with straight razors I was always fascinated about it. 

1930's German made Solingen blade and the old broken handle