Hello all,

I apologize for the lack of updates over the last few months. Mid-June saw me start work on a car carrier servicing the west coast of the USA and fulfilling contracts in Guam, Korea and Japan. The sailor’s life isn’t what most people think, especially in the commercial world.  Most ports-of-calls only last about 8 hours… for a few pieces of cargo to be discharged and a few pieces to be loaded to be discharged elsewhere. During this precious time that the Main Engine isn’t working endlessly there is much maintenance that must be maintained. Since I am a Marine Engineer and love my job this usually includes me not seeing the light of day and working my little rear end off to get what needs to be done… done.  To be fair, on a commercial ship with limited manning requirements there tends to be well… limited manning. We all work our tail ends off to get what needs to be done finished. One thing I love about working is the teamwork and family. We all strive to be successful.

After working there through June, July, August and partway into September until coming home. My contract was for 90 days however, after a series of medical instances saw me come home about week earlier than expected.

There is much to be discussed and explained about life. I hope you will all stay tuned. When I started working I was hoping to do some serious healing.

“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.” – Isak Dinesen

Well, there was a lot of sweat and even more sea with a few tears before I came home. Not sure what I accomplished except for a whole lot of learning and a few more good friends. All these experiences I am very grateful for.

More soon,

Scurvy Scottie