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"

Let go all lines!

The German "naval association" (Marinebundes) magazine featured in their 1/2-2025 edition a 3 page article of Anny von Hamburg written by Peer Schmidt-Walther. 

Below I have given a translation for those whose German may be a bit rusty (click on pictures to enlarge):

 

Front page, featuring Captain Juha Pokka on Anny Von Hamburg

Pictures of the year

The newspaper Västra Nyland honored Anny von Hamburg as part of a picture collage and was named one of the important news subjects that occurred during 2024 in western Finland.

Pictures by Lina Enlund

Turku - Tallinn - Riga - Warszaw - Berlin - Paris - Italy

Having done my admin I wasn't keen on flying back, at least not with Vueling on the grueling flight from Barcelona - Helsinki that I had arrived with. 

Turku house with fresh snow 

Tall ship fan

 

Hanse sail Rostock 08/1997

Credit: Volker Gries

Seiko mug

Received from postal courier

Trip to Genoa

As I needed to have some watches serviced I took the train to Genoa and at the same time made a date with my ex Chief Engineer Daniel for a meet up as well as checked that Pier had his watch shop open. 

Train station Genoa Brignole