Weather

There is no such thing as bad weather…





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Water On Water

From Shack to Breeze

Offshore reading. Kurt Vonnegut - Armageddon in retroperspect, Orhan Pamuk - Snow, Paul Harding - Tinkers. 

Offshore listening…Candlemass

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A Day In The...

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Rope's End

Offshore Moods

The light and color tone, the mood and the contrast all depends on time of day, height and the distance of the sun, on weather patterns. Even more so out here on the open sea since there is not much else distraction between the naked eye and the horizon. The short time between the fading sunlight and a starfilled sky can be witnessed as the coffee in your cup mug is drained. Seldom heavy sea on this part of the Borneo coast, often flat and calm.

The Tantawan Field

Once again I had the supreme pleasure of workign in an environment I really feel at home in, the sea. This time I spent a week onboard  DSV Mermaid Commander (Dive Support Vessel) in the Tantawan oil field in the middle of Gulf Of Thailand. With about 100 men from all kinds of nationalities onboard, were of 12 were saturation divers spending up to 1 month underwater and in pressure chambers onboard.

Life out there goes on 24/7/365. Ships, boats, rigs and platforms, all very much high tech but always wrapped in an old school custom and tradition, the maritime tradition. You would be surprised of how much activity is going on constantly out here, the men and women working in this field are all here for a reason, it is a place that catches your attention in a strong way and it's hard not to feel the power of solitude and vastness mixed with nature and technology.