Time goes on

I have to admit it, Time flies like the wind. And I simply just can't keep up with the wind. And like that I don't mean anything negative on this, I mean it like, a good thing, that I just got so many things to do lately, that I completly forgot or didn't have time for so many other things.

But enough of that, I am back for the time beeing, and here I am, writing my blogg again.

So where to start from, it's been sometime since last time I wrote something.

2 months ago from today on, we got into our charter in Germany with the Esvagt Froude, the windturbine farm we are working at is named "Baltic 2" and it has 89 turbines, or was it 81... at this point, I don't think it mean that much, when we are on such high numbers... Alot of turbines.

Currently we are working on high speed, but ofcourse safely, and by that I mean that we are all working at the same time, both the mother ship to the turbines, and the small boat to the turbines, to be able to keep up with all of the turbines, that we need to drop off technecians on.

Time even goes on so fast, we got some small jobs onboard of maintanence, but we just dont have time for that... Now don't get the idea of we are running around on the ship and stressing around becuse we got too much to do, not the case. The case is, thanks to all of the work permits and check lists we have to do everytime we are starting a work, it takes too long to do and work with, witch is the case why we can't really do much.

Basicly, that's pretty much all I remamber from the trip 2 months ago.

Time for something from my homefront.

Becuse sailing and working at sea is not just something I do while in Esvagt, but also when I am home in the "Danish National Homeguard" Naval division, as the commander of the ship.

But due to some... pretty stupid things happening here and there, there are not a ship from the National guard located on "Ærø" where I live, all the time... Only when I am home from work, and the reason.... well... I am the only on the whole Island that got permission and educated to command a navy vessel. And that gives alot of work, but it's work I like to work with.

So what I do, is that I borrow ships from across the country, the last couple of times, I borrowed the MHV 801 Adebaran from Kerteminde (North East of Fyn) It's the oldest ship in the fleet, but despite that, she is a fine ship.

The first time I where to get the ship with a crew of 7, including me, was in a full out storm. Honestly, people where calling us and telling us that we where crazy going out in that weather. Meby we are, but it was a western wind, and if it was an eastern wind, I might have canceled it, but due to it was a western wind, the island Fyn had us covered all the way, so that big mighty storm, that everyone was calling us crazy to go out in... well... we didn't feel a thing from it.

I had the ship under my command for 1½ week the first time, where we went some places, all around in the southern waters of Fyn, we even had a trip to Bagenkop, where we where to give one of my Cummunications guy a medal for his many years of service... and here we are talking about 40 years of service in the Homeguard.

During that periode, I also had arrange some weekend trips and education trip, and even had some interrested in the Homeguard with me, in all ages, and as one of the best things I ever tried so far in the Homeguard... I had my parants with me onboard the ship that I was in charge of. It was a pleasure to show to my parants what it is I am doing now a days as well.

But just sailing around and so on, is not the only thing.

I recieved and invitation to a German Regatta called "Peter Gast Regatta", to be the starting ship, and rescue ship during that race, which I was happy to participate in.

Informations as followed for the race:

Starting place: Kappeln

Ending harbor: Ærøskøbing

Numbers of ships in all: 138 ships

And that number of ships is even without all of the camera boats and start/finish line ships.

As the starter ship, and as that corner that where furthest, all of the 138 ships wanted to cross the corner and get a good start, which was the corner where I was with my ship. and I am telling you, the ships that crossed the line where so close that you could walk from my ship to the others.

But unfortunatly, I didn't see it all.... One of my crew members fell during that and got a injuri on his leg, so I had to take him inside and fix him up... 

After 1 hour of wil starts of the race all of the ships where heading North towards Ærøskøbing, and my only goal was to make sure of the safety of that race, and to be the first in harbor... as simple as it sounds.

And to my parants that probebly will read this, Yes!, my hands are in my pocket on one of the pictures.

When we finally arrived to Ærøskøbing, and the harbor was litteraly full, and by full I mean, you could walk from the one end of the harbor to the other, without getting wet, and thats across the harbor, there where so many ships in the harbor so there where almost no room left.

When the time got around dinner time, there was a walk through Ærøskøbing city, to show the city that the regatta was here, and we where also invited ofcourse to that as well.

I am not going into details what happened during the party, becuse if I did that, I wouldn't be done today, becuse there where litteraly.... Everything, everything from a bar made out of ice, to the local hotdog lady.

The day after, everything went back to it self, all of the germans went home, and I left the ship in Ærøskøbing, the shipyard of Søby needed to have a look at some stuff of the ship that was broken, nothing major, otherwise I wouldn't have went out.

Oh.. one last thing regarding the regatta... We had some strict orders onboard, and that was to keep an close eye on 2 of the ships during that race, becuse those 2 ships where manned by women only.

Then you can think about why's that.

In the meantime, I have been on some courses as well, or... rather, I was on 1. but that 1 took a whole week, and it was a week of pure awesome, extreme alot of hard work, but it was awesome. 

Instructor course, and it's not a specific subject to be an instructor on, but in general.... to put it simple, What I've been thorugh, gives me the capability to be instructor on pretty much anything, as long as I know what the subject is about and knows the stuff well. 

I even turned 24 in the middle of that course, and I kinda forgot about it, becuse there where so much hard working during that course.

But all things goes around in a circle, I had to deliver the ship, and go back to work in Esvagt.

The only thing I regret during the last 3 months, is that I didn't get the chance to visit my family, becuse I simply had way to much to do lately. Even my good family asked, when I was coming home to celebrated that I turned 24, and that I haven't done yet... and to makes things worse then they already are.... my family haven't seen my the last 3 months. 

But I also got some fun stuff to tell about though.

And it is nothing personel, to all of my German friends, but when I arrived in Rostock last week, the first thing we saw was this picture below, and I am not gonna go into details about it.

But other then that, I think I will turn this blogg in, and call it for the day for this blogg... I have to admit it though, I can't remamber when the last time was when I made a blogg this long.... Im pretty sure this is the first time it is that long.

But untill next time.

So long, and thanks for the fish.