Captain TS Frankfurt - Houston

TS
Evo sad sam u Frankfurtu čekam let koji je u 13:40 za Houston.



S
Znam taj Frankfurt, jeli oblačan i siv kao uvijek?

Ts insantno pošalje fotku:

TS

Baš oblačan.

S

Hahaha. Slušaj postoji nešto dobro o tim sjevernjačkim aerodromima razoružaju te.. Kada vidiš to sivilo nije teško ići od doma, pari da je cijeli svit siv, jel tako?

TS

Da, baš tako.

S

Vidiš to sivilo ima svoju funkciju.

TS

Ovaj put nisam dobija upgrada na busines klasu ,već samo na Economy plus..

S

A tko je letio s tobom do sada?

TS

Kadet.

S

Aww. Prvi put?

TS

Da prvi mu je brod.

S

aww .Vidi to iz moje perspektive ovako ,ti si oni čemu če on nastojati, još puno godina, a bija si sa njim na prvom dijelu puta.

TS

Da ja san mu uzor :)

S

I došao si mu kao neka inspiracija, dobar znak, baš lipo.

TS

Da bitno mi je da ne putujem sam. Vrime nikad proć.

S

Di mali ide?

TS

Mali, je stariji od mene godinu ipo dana- I ide na moj brod!

S.

Hahahahahahah. Pa eto ti ironije.

TS

Da.

S

Pa kako je tek sad kadet?

TS. Nikad nije pre kasno ič na more. Sve je stvar psihe , dali si spreman ostaviti sve iza sebe, I krenuti u nešto novo.

S.

Eto na bar je upozna “ Barbu” kako Kapo IT zove kapetane u samom početku.

TS

Da dobro je krenija.

S Čekaj jeli inače svi zovu kapetana “ Barba”?

TS

Da tako je na brodovima, rijetko tko zove kapetana kapetan, svi ga zovu barba.

S

Eto na bit češ Barba starijem kadetu.. Ajde bar ti je iz Splita.. Ajde Čao. Sretan Put

TS

Pozdrav

Sunci - TS Departure is a begining and not the end

S

Dragi Kapetane. Eto te letiš u zraku za Houston. Sa mnom ti nema pozdrava. Ja sam sad s tobom do kraja misije- kao M je James Bondu, ovaj mali prozorčić ti je način za dotaknit home base, :) kontrola leta.

Kad se vratiš doma tu moj posao stane. A sad tek poćimamo :)

Dakle u avionu smo koliko sati?

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S
Dear Captain. There you are in the air, flying for Houston . With me there are no goodbyes. I am now with you until the end of the mission ,-the flight control. Like M is to James Bond. This little window is a way to touch home base ,   When you return home, there my job ends.  Right now we are only begining :)

So we are in the aeroplane for how many hours?

Captain's T.S. Pre departure blues

TS
Pozdrav Sunčica, evo da se javim prije puta. Valiža spremna, karta u žepu i neizostavni osjećaj ostavljanja svih prijatelja i voljenih u želucu. Ćim sidnem u avion već brojim dane do povratka jer to je ono šta svaki pomorac jedva ćeka povratak kući. Nadan se da će ekipa na brodu bit dobra i da će ugovor brzo proć. Ovom prilikom imamo duge navigacije preko Pacifika od misec dana i ako nema dobre ekipe i samo posal vrime nikad proć. Ja ti se javim ćim uvatim internet u nekoj od luka. Puno pozdrava i nastoj uživat u litu, a ne samo radit.

TS
Greeting Suncica, here just to repport in before the voyage. The suit case is ready, the ticket is in the pocket, as is the unavoidable gut feeling of leaving all friends and loved ones. The moment I sit on the plane I am already counting the days to my return, because that is what every mariner is waiting for, the return home. -I hope that the team on this ship will be good, and that the contract will pass quickly. In this instance we have long trans Pacific routes planned, which will take a month of navigation and if there is no good company , that just leaves work and never ending time which refuses to pass. I shall be in touch as soon as I catch internet in some of the ports. Best regards, and attempt to enjoy the summer, don't just work..

Chief MK China blues

MK
Los je internet i tesko mi dolazi gmail. Tek sad dosla 3 maila od tebe.
Uglavnom, u Kini su komarci glupi ka i ljudi. Sleti ti na ruku, ti ga ubijes i game over.
Osim komarca, nista novo. Glupi kinezi svugdi oko mene. Nema kineskinje koja lici na nesto.

MK
The internet is bad, gmail barley works, three mails arrived from you, just.
On the whole ,in China the mosquitoes are stupid as well as the people I am working with presentley. The mosqitoe lands on your hand , you kill it, and its game over..
Apart from the mosquitoes , there is nothing new. Stupid individuals all around me. No interesting girls anywhere. .

Ocean ocean come to me

Despite the fact it is so sad for each of the mariners to leave each and every time, to go to the ship, the euphoria of their return erases some of the tragedy.

I however for a long time have desired to go and spend a few weeks on one of these industrial work ships. I am quite aware that it is not a cruise line. I feel that the reality of the huge muscle ship, the routine, the endless ocean, would induce me to produce an interesting series of paintings, which depict - firstly the euphoria of mine for the ocean, than perhaps the very repetition of the endless days at sea, and even the blues, and perhaps scrutiny of the men at work and their lives..

A week or two on board a ship in the ocean.. A whole load of paper and paint and canvass..mm what a real rest it would be for me  :)

Tales from the ship, Capo IT: Sailor, what are you doing with that fridge..?

Once upon a time, on the shores of Africa, the ship landed in some African village  where everything was made of mud, and earth. Walking among the mud huts I discovered one with a beer crate out side it, which of course  was the village pub.

Seeing that aboard the ship there is no alcohol,  the moment you get of the ship once every few months, you feel very thirsty for a proper drink,  and especially so in the African heat, so I made my way in to the mud-pub. I would have done pretty much anything for a cool beer..

Of course there was no fridge inside the hut. I estimated that observing from the exterior. The beer was as hot as I was.

Once inside, I took a look around, than returned back to the ship, got a fridge, a cd player, and the ship's electrician . I employed the electrician into setting up the fridge in the hut and the music, as a present for the land lady of the pub.

From that moment on, the land lady, was my lady. Every time the ship would stop in that coastal port I would go to my pub, and the publican was my girl.

This went on for a while and than I decided to end it. In the best French I know kept telling the girl    " C'est ne pas fini" C'est ne pas fini.. ( Its not over. Its not over) and the relationship kept on going..

What I should have said was " C'est fini" - Its over- but the French buggered me..

Eventually she understood what I was trying to say, and explained to me in sign language with her hands, using two fingers to point to her eyes than at me, and than motioning with her thumb first at some other women- and pantomiming the cutting of her throat.

What she meant was- I know this is over between you and I- but if you go with any other women in this tribe- I will kill her.

Stealing from facebook, Chief T S is going a board!

Ovo sam kopirala sa facebooka našeg Chiefa T.S..Ispričavam se što je čisti plagijat autoru- ali....



 Chief T.S.
"Dragi prijatelji pravi i virtualni doslo je vrime da se pozdravimo, ujutro letim za Houston i necemo se vidit 4-5 miseci. Hvala van na lipom odmoru i nastavit cemo di smo stali kad se vratim."


S. Da nisam ranije danas napisala na blogu kako ga svijet namjerno zeza jer je nestrpljiv za ići plovit, dali bi danas baš stigla ta avionska karta.. U svakom slučaju, moćne riječi, pomorcu kada ide na brod, život na obali ne vezan za posao, jednostavno stane!.!





I have plagerised this from the facebook post by Chief T.S,  He just wrote it , fresh..


Chief T.S.
" Dear friends real and virtual , the time has come to salute you, in the morning I fly for Houston, and we are not to meet for the next4-5 months.. Thank you all for a beautiful holiday and we will continue where we have stopped when I get back"

S. Had I not written the post earlier about the world jesting with TS for his being impatient  to leave, would he had received his plane ticket today..
All the same , heart wrenching words, the mariners life as it is on shore , for as many months as they go away to work, stops.

Chief MK, at the bottom of the universe..

S.
Ništa mi ne govoriš o tom brodu, oli je sve neka tajna akcija. ? Nepokazivaš ni slike broda. Zar ne smiš?

Odlučila sam stvarno stavit slike u kafe bar Dujić u mistu- pa ču oslikat još Kapovih priča- a mogla bi pokazati i tvoje..

Je sam blesava prilivam šalšu iz teče u teču u biloj košulji...I to ispeglanoj!

Dakle napravila bi malu izložbicu zagrijavanja i čisto iz posvete pomorcima u toj našoj ribarskoj /mornarskoj/ dangubskoj glavnoj rupi  u Kambelovcu.. I uključila bih i tvoje brode.

A s Kapom ču se nać u petak, imamo dogovor da ćemo kupit bocu Crljenka, završit ču fine detalje njegove ruže vjetrova, I on će mi ispričat priče sa mora dok ne puknem- da oslikam za projekt.

Ovde ti je veliko sunce, riva vrvi ko mravinjak. Pakiram sad manistru na šalšu i vodim malog s biciklom točit noge u more negdi- mada će se vjerojatno i ubacit.

Lip pozdrav

Jutarnje kave suck bez priče iz Kine

MK.
Ma nemam sta reč, žugam iste stvari ka prošli put,  a ne želim se ponavljat. Ova zemlja je čmar svemira.

S. You are not telling me anything about that ship, is it all some sort of top secret? You aren't even sending photos of the ship, are you forbidden from doing so?

I have deffinitely decided to show pictures from the project so far in the local watering hole, so I'l paint some more IT's stories, I could show your paintings  too..  Im, being very silly pouring hot salsa from one pot into another wearing a pristine white shirt- not to mention ironed.
So I would do a sort of warm up exhibition as a dedication to mariners, in our local sailor, fishermen, general watering hole, and would include pictures of your ships- as for Capo , we have an apointement on Friday , with a bottle of the zinfandel , when he will recount hit tales from far and across the oceans- for my to paint.

Here is a great big sun, the Riviera iz crawling like an ant nest, im packing up the red pasta, and the son and we are biking over to the dip our feet in the sea- though he might just throw the whole of himself in..

Best regards
ps, Moring coffees suck without stories from China


MK.
I have nothing to say, I'll be lamenting about the same things as last time, and thus only be repeating my self, this place is the bottom of the world. ..

All photos in this post are taken by the mariner in question Chief MK

Chief T.S. warp time

Two weeks ago I had introduced  the Chief officer T.S. to the project. He was supposed to have already flown from Split to America, to take over his ship as a Captain for the first time.. However as we have discovered it to be common in the life of the sailor- T.S's flight to America has twice been postponed.
This is a common situation in the life of the mariner- the being required on a certain date to start work and than being delayed from going to the ship by the company or planning to go home from the ship and being held on the ship for longer periods.. It makes it hard for sailors to plan their lives at home, and at sea. They live and must be ready at all times. .. Often they find them self in these warp periods where they simply must be ready and have no idea when they will actually go- until an email with an air ticket arrives in the inbox..

As this particular voyage is a long awaited step in the advancement of the officer, perhaps it is just the "world" playing tricks on him out of jest,- when you want something so bad, and are feeling very impatient about it, what ever you seek never seems to arrive fast enough..

I.T.Tales from the ship - Trade is as old as man

IT .
There is a ship which sails from Antwerp to Africa on a regular basis, and no where else. Men on board buy televisions, cd players, all sorts of things in Antwerp ,and than exchange them for cigarettes on arrival in west Africa.

S.
Why do they not sell them?

I.T. Ah, money has no value to the locals in that way, they always trade something for another thing.
The television in Anthwerp costs 500 , but when you exchange it in Africa you get 1000 worth of cigarettes, than you get back to Antwerp where the Russain mafia is waiting for the cigarettes- and they always want more than you have managed to get..

I know a guy in Kaštela, who has built a five storey house, because he has always worked on that ship line, Antwerp-Africa..

S. So everyone on the ship does that, all the sailors? 

IT. Yes. Every one on board trades. 


Sometimes we give crude oil in exchange for fish..


S. What? Like real crude oil? What do you mean?

IT.
Well on the days we see the fishermen offering fresh fish on the shore, the Uncle (pet name for captain) sends me out, to pick the good fish out for the crew on board to eat, that's always my job,  I pick the fish and send the  fisher men a barrel of oil in exchange. It can happen when there is fresh fish, fresh papayas, bananas, fresh fruits, anything fresh to eat.

S. This is on the black market , right?

IT Indeed it is. We are still all priates aboard ships,
the only difference is that our ships do not have sails these days..

(He said as he smiled smugley and took a sip of his vine..)..

Entering the project, is Chief T.S. soon to turn Captain

Dragi Čitatelji. Novi pomorac se pridružuje projektu- Mornar i ocean.

Novi Chief iz Splita, čiji inicijali su T. S. od sada surađuje na projektu. Mornar u pitanju je u ranom djetinjstvu odlučio postati kapetan aviona ili kapetan broda kada naraste. ..

Chief T.S. diplomirao je pomorsku školu, I od samog početka kao kadet sve do sada, radi na tankerima koji prenose kemikalije. T.S je birao teži put tokom pomorske karijere, radeći na brodu u periodima dugim od 9 do 4 mjeseca umjesto popularnijem kraćem roku od 2 mjeseca, te je dokazao svoju sposobnost, entuzijazam, I avancao je brzo kroz rang brodskih oficira. Za nekoliko tjedana T.S. će preuzeti svoj prvi brod kao kapetan, I to već u 32 godini!

Mi ćemo popratiti ovo uzbudljivo vrijeme u životu T.S.a I njegove karijere, kada će pomorac evoluirati iz Chief oficira u Kapetana, ostvarujući san I ambicije mnogih mornara.

Naš novi mornar će nam se pridružiti u aerodromu sljedeći tjedan kada krene na posao za Ameriku.

Dear Readers. A new sailor is joining the, Mariner and the ocean project.

A new Chief officer  from Split , whose initials are T. S, is entering our project as of now. The mariner in question has since early childhood spoken of becoming ether the captain of an aero plane or the captain of a ship, when he grows up.

Chief T.S, has studied in the maritime college and has since his graduation always sailed on Chemichal Tankers.. Having worked hard choosing the tougher system- of staying and working on the ship for long four month, nine month, periods,  instead of the more common two month periods, he has proved his worth and enthusiasm, thus T.S, has managed to advance in the ranks of the ship officers quickly and will be taking over his ship as a Captain in a few weeks, aged only 32!

We are going to follow this exciting time in T.S.'s career, where the sailor will be evolving form Chief officer into a Captain, thus realising the dream and ambition of many a mariner.

Our new mariner will be joining us from the airport - as he starts the journey to his ship- somewhere in the Americas , as of next week.

Chief MK 24 hours commute to work

Sunci: Jutro Chief.

Koliko sati se leti do Kine? Jesu li počeli Mc donaldsi? Trebala bi pisat Mc donaldsu da sponzorira tvoj put u beskrajni Orijent, ili možda da sponzorizira projekt.. Big mac za svih na izložbi, I 10 za tebe svaki dan dok u Aziji.. Ovjde je jutro. Kava prava :)

Chief MK:

Nemam pojma koliko se leti, cilu vjecnost... Sa promjenama vrimena, presjedanjima... nemam pojma.

Split, Munich, Peking, pa vlakom do ovog mista kojem ne mogu zapamtit ime, tek sad sam dosa, a krenia sam jucer popodne. Ispada 24h + vremenska razlika (6h).

Ne vidim Mcdonalds u blizini, ali nadam se da se necu zadrzat dugo tu. :)

Sunci: Morning Chief

How many hours long is the flight to China? Have the Mc Donalds begun? I ought  to write to Mc Donalds and aske them to sponsor your trip to the endless Orient, or perhaps this project.. Big Mac for every one at the exhibition, and 10 for you each day you spend in Asia.. Here is morning.  Having a good coffee:)

Chief MK

No idea how long the flying takes., a whole eternity.. with the time differences, transfers.. I have no idea. Split, Munich, Bajjing, tha na train to this place - I cant remember the name of , I have just arrived and I started yesterday afternoon. That makes 24h + time difference of 6 hours.

Can't see a MC Donalds in the vicinity, but I do hope I don't stay here too long. :)

MK bibliography of ships 6/9

MK's ship Sitem Neptune

Chief MK's ship, Sichem artic

Chief MK, The ship Jupiter in the straits of Magellan

Chief MK opet na putu u Kinu :)

Nismo se dugo čuli sa našim Chiefom MK. Taman sam zaključila da je MK gotov s ovim projektom,  da se odlučio  zaista ostaviti pomorstva i živjeti na kopnu, javim mu se da vidim što ču sa slikama njegovih brodova, kad li dobijem odgovor.:

"U sridu se javim,  opet idem na brod pa rješavam vizu,  ni vise ni manje nego kinesku...

U cetvrtak putujem,"

Uhvatio me je uzbuđenje .. Jer iskreno nakon njegovih priča o životu kao pomorac, o prepričanom snovima teenageera koji če bit kapetan, nisam mogla zamislit da če se stvarno ostaviti pomorstva..

Chief MK nakon što se vratio iz Kine krajem Siječnja, ispričao mi je kako bi volio skinuti se sa broda i provesti godinu dana na kopnu.. Zatim se odučio upustiti u realiziranje te zamisli, here and now, nakon deset godina života i rada na brodu, nakon deset propuštenih Božića, odustao je od povratka na brod kako bi okusio što je to život na kopnu.. Želio je doživjeti taj užitak odlaska kući nakon posla, spavanje u vlstitom krevetu umjesto hotelu i brodu...

Nakon četiri mjeseca života na kopnu MK izjavi da jedva čeka ič na brod. ! Previše toga bi se trebalo preklopitit da bih ja proveo godinu dana na kopnu , izjavio je. Zadnjih mjeseci živio sam od plače kao predavač, mislim dobra mi je bila plača za Hrvatski standard, ali -odjedan put sam se našao kako moram gledati što kupujem, jedem, kako trošim.. ! I na kraju umra sam od dosade. Počeo sam gledat televiziju nakom posla svaki dan, da me ubije u pojam i odmori mozak, da ne mislim.. Nikad nisam gledao Tv tako do sada . Užas. Jedva čekam na brod..

I tako ispostavilo se da naš pomorac ne može bez oceana. Priznajem svoj ushit, jer nije mi se sviđalo izgubiti jednog od dva protagonista projekta..I kao da smo se čuli jučer- MK izjavi, pripremi se slikati platformu na teretnom brodu...Prvi put ču to iskusit.. Golemi brod će prevest moju platformu iz Kine u Vjetnam..Iako platforma ima vlastiti pogon.. To će bit zanimljivo..

Krajem siječnja ponude za rad Chiefa u Arabiji, bile su loše ako se siječate, ponude za raditi na pola uobočajne plače.. No prošli tjedan, MK je naletio na reklamu - koja je tražila upravo njega! Traži se Chief, sa iskustvom i brevetima, za novo izgrađeni Jack up Rig, koji kreće iz Kine, a biti će stacioniran u Vietnamu, u vodstvu kapetana za kojeg je MK već radio, s kojim je odlično surađivao, sa adekvatnom plačom, tako da je trebalo samo nekoliko dana da MK sredi vize, brevete, da se kupe karte..

And.. we are back in the game..

Očekujte od sada nastavak piče našeg Chiefa MK.. Koji ukoliko ove godine odradi dovoljno dana u poziciji Chief oficira, postaje,  ni manje ni više nego ostvarenje svojih dječačkih snova, a to je Kapetan!

Kapo IT i ruža vjetrova..

Neki dan hodam rivom, šešir zabijen do nosa, da mi sunce ne smeta, kada čujem svoje ime dreknuto priko rive. Okrenem se , I uočim našeg dragog Kapa, za  stolom na rivi, u društvu prijatelja ribara Krivi iz Bilbaoa...

To je bio početak pustolovine naravno, jer kapo kojeg polako upoznajete kroz moje priče i slike jedan je čovik na brodu, a drugi na kopnu. Tokom ovog projekta, kroz dopisivanje sa broda osobno po prvi puta se upoznajem sa stranom Kapa IT koji stalno radi, snosi goleme odgovornosti, I nema trenutak za disati od količine posla na brodu. Tog istog kapa poznajem već desetak godina- ali na kopnu, gdje je on skroz duga osoba.. Ili nije?

Kapa IT sam upoznala u ribarskom kafiću u mom malom mistu- a predstavio nas je stari  ribar zvani Krivi, koji mada nekoliko destljeća stariji od nas, bio je srce zezancije i druženja s mladima, I nakon čije smrti ulogu je preuzeo njegov sin, također prozvan Krivi, koji živi u Bilbao u Španjolskoj..

Dakle što se dogodilo na rivi tog trenutka je subinosni spoj okolnosti, ja prolazim bez prijašnjeg dogovora, Krivi je doletio iz Bilbaoa, a Kapo IT je doma sa broda, I svi smo se našli na jednom mistu. Kada god se dogodi ova kombinacija, dragi čitatelji morate znati da je to uvijek zapravo garantira iskru koja započne neku pustolovinu, koju nitko ne planira, I koja nezna se di ili kada če završiti.

Naravno da sam odmah odpisala svoje predhoodne planove,  sjela sam na piče s mornarima i jednostavno počelo je nizanje zanimljvih događaja popračeno kao i uvijek urnebesnim smijehom i zajebancijom koja je trajala većinu tog dana. Sutra smo se dogovorili na puni pansion od dana- s početkom kroz jutro. Kapo IT odlučio je da mu ja trebam naslikati jednu Ružu vjetrova za kuću, a ta ruža vjetrova djelovala je kao tema dana, također i razlog da se okupi ekipa (mada to ljudima inače ne bi imalo smisla - ljudi dobiju zadatak pa inače to odrade sami i brzo- ne ne dragi moji to kod našeg Kapa tako ne ide. Moje slikanje ruže vjetrova bio je samo povod- da se izvadi Kapova kčerkica iz vrtića zbog zabave, da se kupi riba i škampe i gljive, da se ide kod rođaka po velike količine vina, da Krivi kuva, da dođu prije, I prijatelji .. I da zadatak tog slikanja je ubiti samo isprika za dan koji počevši na kavi za doručkom -završi u plesu pod zvjezdama kasno u noć..

Tek upoznavši Kapa IT kroz ovaj projekt, mogla sam prepoznati  neke obrasce njegovog ponašanja. Dakle na dan slikanja ruže vjetrova, kao na svakoj od mnogobrojnih pustolovina koje je Kapo inicirao tokom našeg prijateljistva, odprilike ovo se dogovdi. Kapo pozove ekipu negdi, svakome zada specifičan zadatak, organzira cijelo društvo tako da svatko ima svoju ulogu, a kada je to sve postavio onda se zavali, uživa, I toči uokolo vino, sretan šta je sve kako treba.

  E, vidite dragi ljudi koji ne znate ništa o brodovima, kao što nisam do nedavno znala ni ja- Kapo zapravo u društvu radi isti posao kao što radi na brodu već godinama. Kao šef brodskog stroja, dužnosti Kapa su da organizira druge ljude da obavljaju svoje zadatke,  i drže makinju/ stroj u pogonu, te da sve radi kako treba.  Slikajući ružu vjetrova na balkonu od Kapa IT prošli tjedan, dok je njegova kčerkica dostavljala  i usisavala čipi čips, Krivi kuhao škampe, prijateljica donljela razređivać , treća došla orgnazirirat moguće romantične spojeve za Kapa, a drugi pak samo jest, dok je sam Kapo uživao i dopunjavao vino u čaše.. Konačno sam skužila što se zbiva! Pa on radi i kad je doma.. Samo što mornare zamjeni s prijateljima, I bogami nastavlja zapovjedati- kako radi i na brodu..

Samo što radi kroz jednu golemu količinu šarma, I absolutno svaki put, sve pustolovine koje Kapo orkestrira, su odlične zabava za sve prisutne..

A to dragi čitatelji Vam je za sada sve, od našeg Kapa IT dok je doma..