Salt and Pepper

 

Eye of the Wind and Anny von Hamburg

River Princess

m/v River Princess during better days in Hamburg, 1997

Credit: Joerg Seyler (shipspotting)

Tall-Ship news no 131

Tall Ship news cover no 131 1/2025

Classic yachts

El Mahrousa

(Credit: Boat international)

Zeglarstwo 7-8/2024

 

Żeglarstwo 2-page spread of Anny von Hamburg

Radisson Diamond

2009 in Hong Kong

Credit: Asiacruiser

St Helena (the ship) sold

St Helena alongside at Portland in 2024

Credit pauldimages.co.uk (Marinetraffic)

The Big U

S.S. Unites States

Travel poster by Lester Thomas Beall (Wikipedia)

Fort Santiago

Manila cathedral

Filipino tonnage

m/v Baleno, 1971 built in Japan

Shipspotting

Super Shuttle Roro 9 (SSR9)

Mindoro loop

The Mindoro loop

Hanoi

Having had our business and tourism concluded in Bangkok we headed for Vietnam, this time for Hanoi as neither of us had ever been there. 

Hanoi old quarter

Bangkok

Chao Phraya river

Ayutthaya

Taking the train to the former capital Ayutthaya in the morning. 

Bangkok Hualamphong train station

Barque Sirimahannop

Sirimahannop

Vanvarang

Vanvarang on Chao Phraya

Manila

Nice airport

High seas detective

"Khaled A" just before sunset

Piracy - part 2

Having written a piece back in 2008 I thought a follow up might be in order regarding piracy as a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then.

The old high risk area (courtesy of Latitudebrokers)

Nao Trinidad

"Nao Trinidad" in Port Tarraco

Recruitment scams

Courtesy by tenor.com

Anny von Hamburg - early years

Hamburger Correspondent 31 July 1914

Ship position reports

Finns saved German sailing ship

Cover for the magazine "Żeglarstwo"