59:54.9N 030:15.2E 19th March
Barryyelland
Sat 19 Mar 2011 08:17
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Once again I owe you all an apology for not keeping
you up to date more regularly. Naturally I have plenty of excuses and all very
true!!
On the evening of the 15th we were called by an
icebreaker, Captain Dronisyn, to get ready to join his convoy!! So he came and
broke the ice around us and off we went. It took until breakfast time the next
morning to get to the pilot station at St. Petersburg. Only 40 miles but almost
14 hours and with an icebreaker in the lead!!! It was reported on the local news
that there were 186 ships stuck in the ice outside.
There were ships scattered all over.. We picked up
a pilot almost straight away and came into port. Some ships needed icebreaker
assistance to come into port!
We are now very close to the position we occupied
in december/ January.
Discharging is going well and they may complete on
tuesday all going well.
I am packed and ready to go home. My sudden
departure is because of a family bereavement.
I hope that my relief will continue to keep up with
the blog and be a little more familiar and not like he is reporting to head
office:-)
So bi bi one and all, for the time being, I hope to
be back the beginning of July as my son getting married the end of
June.
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