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.

Aboa Mare

Delfin Star

04.04.1995 - 08.08.1995

Chief officer
M/s Delfin Star

m/s Delfin Star at Ocean Terminal

Winden

12.12.1994 - 18.01.1995

2nd officer
M/s Winden

Winden (unknown photographer)

Atlanta Forest

03.03.1994 - 04.09.1994
08.01.1993 - 02.08.1993
1st Officer
m/s Atlanta Forest

As Kent Forest (unknown photographer)

Finnsailor

01.02.1994 - 17.02.1994

2nd officer
m/s Finnsailor

m/s Finnsailor

Norden

08.11.1993 -20.12.1993

1st officer
m/s Norden

Norden (unknown photographer)

Anne

17.09.1993 -22.10/1993

Chief officer
m/s Anne

Anne (courtesy from shipspotting.com)

Atlanta Forest

08.01.1993 - 02.08.1993

03.03.1994 - 04.09.1994

2nd Officer

Atlanta Forest

Here still under Finnlines as m/s Atlanta

Bona Fe

1991-1992

2nd Officer

m/s Bona Fe

Bona Fe loaded (photographer unknown)

Mariella

Christmas and New Year temp gig
m/s Mariella

m/s Mariella (photographer unknown)

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

Ordinary seaman 

Able seaman (combined deck/engine)

Bore Britannica

LOA 156 m

GT 15525

Bore Britannica (unknown photographer)