Kylie Williams arrives!

About time she showed up, hehe. The Kylie Williams, one of our container source boats similar to the Toisa Crest. She pulled along side around 8pm last night, and I was busy watching TV, so I didn't see until this morning. The only real difference I saw was that the Instrument Room and stuff was perched on top of the gun strings, which is nice because it shades the guys doing the handling.

My buddy Jeff O'Neal was originally on this boat, so it would good to finally see her up close. The rest of the day was semi-productive. Jose and I painted the 6 poles around the MVP yellow. They turned out well as you can see from the photo down below.

We also helped tidy up the cable deck in order to prepare for leaving.... Thursday?

Kylie Williams... duh.


Instrument Room on Kylie.


Equipment on the pier from the Kylie.


Unloading the sausages.


A tug, a crane... and a mobile home? Hahaha. Only in 'Bama.


Dave Johnson, our new Handling Specialist.


Guys rigging up something.


Nervis operating one of the winches on the gun deck.


Everyone's favorite German, Wolfgang.


Jose with a tail buoy to be lifted to the pier.


Half of the six poles we painted today, yay!


Pelican going in for the kill!

Very slow day in port

I think time seriously went backwards today, that's how slow it felt. After my early morning shift guarding the boat entryway, the rest of the day just seemed, meh. I can't even recall If I did anything constructive.

I do know however that I did three things:
1) Meandered around taking a few pics of things.
2) Watched "Grizzly Man" on DVD. Timothy Treadwell was one weird dude!
3) Watched the next episode of TrueBlood. That show is just so awesome!


The Wallace Glenn.


Toisa Perseus Offshore Support Vessel.


The Jimmie G.


Anders walking up the gangway.


Sweet Moth that looks like a leaf!


Little spider, less than the diameter of a dime.


Another very small spider I found. Sooo creepy!


GU-11.


Don't know what kinda bird, but neat.

Cool southern morning

When I opened up the hatch form the accommodations deck out onto the Muster Area for my watch shift at 5:47am the first thought that went through my mind was, "Holy eff it's cold!" With a nice stiff breeze, it was down to 54 (12 for anyone not in the US). That's about 10 degrees colder than any other morning so far. But apparently the rest of the week is supposed to be like this, with daytime temps not even breaking 80, which all in all is pretty sweet.

Kylie should be here tomorrow in the late morning, and we have set an optimistic goal of getting out of port by mid to late next week. Hopefully that happens, be good to get back out at sea.

Other than that, did some cable running under the office floor and down a deck... took about an hour of the day, hehe. Then I was able to get outside for a bit and snap a few pics, though it's getting pretty redundant.


UBC (United Bulk Carriers) Singapore pulling in last night.

Ian working on deck.

John Arthur, Remoy's new Cadet.

Rusted cylinders.

Holes plasma cut from metal.

Neat saw blade work table type thing.

Wasp on the rail.

Mullet escaping from the pelicans.

"P3-L1C4N, you are cleared for take off..."

Gettin' some dinner from under his toes.

Coming in for landing.

Skimming low and slow.

Rainy day in 'Bama

It was a very rainy and overcast day down here in the dirty south. It didn't really seem like all that much got done today. They did start putting out engine back together though, and that's a big plus. We tested some stuff in my office, all was well. But other than that, pretty drab. I got outside for a bit to get some pics, it started raining, so I went down underneath the pier.

Hmm... I also found out that those fish I have been taking pics of are Mullet. Down here they call them Biloxi Bacon, as I guess their skin is really oily and cooks up similar. Good eatin' around these parts I reckon.

Boa Sub C bow.


Boa Sub C beak, haha.


Boa Sub C engine stack.


Boat from Escambia county Everglades, Florida.


"Independent."


Jessie and Osmundo from Offshore Inland rigging up some parts.


Martin... watching.


Jan Erik operating the crane.


Rune from Mak receiving engine parts.


Rusted drum top.


Orange paint blobs.


Red blood paint spatter.


The AB's painting rig.


Crazy furry moth I came across.


Pelican... of course.


And another, almost obligatory now, haha.