June 7, 2012

Journal notes:

• "This is the life of a seaman.  You must always wait." - Captain Crisan
• Spend the day anchored in the bay in Colon, Panama
• Hull cleaning operations
• Bunkering (refueling)

Pictures:

Divers suiting up to clean the hull

Ships anchored outside Colon

More ships

Refueling tanker

Preparing for bunkering

The Bahia Castillo - also bound for Australia

Nighttime bunkering

Colon

Colon

This is what's at the very top of the ship, above the bridge

Manzanillo harbor

Entrance to the Panama Canal

Video:

Bunkering operations

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June 5, 2012

Journal highlights:

• Arrival in Kingston, Jamaica
• Johnny B.
• Devon House, dinner at Norma's on the Terrace, and Usain Bolt's Tracks and Records
• "No money, no honey." - Capt. Claudiu-Florin Crisan

Pictures (apologies for the last two being so dark.  My phone doesn't have a flash):

A sailboat

Lighthouse

Bird perched on the crane

Pilot boat

Fishing and Coast Guard vessels

Coast Guard vessels

The pilot who brought us into the harbor

Approaching the dock

Shore crane

Mooring lines are really big ropes

The mall

Left to right: two unknown Jamaicans, Harvey, Capt. Crisan, and Eric

Devon House

Dinner at Norma's on the Terrace.  Left to right: Eric, Capt. Crisan, Harvey, and myself

Usain Bolt's Tracks and Records.  Left to right: Eric, Johnny B., Capt. Crisan, and Harvey

Videos:

Docking approach in Kingston

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