In the North Sea Back in Cape Town after my trip in the North Sea on a seismic survey boat. In a previous post I showed us crew changing by be swung around from a crane. This time the crew changes are done using RIBs (Rigid Inflatable Boats). Also involves be hoisted...
London Underground – Southgate Station Still on the move – back in the UK, about to head offshore again – this time on a seismic survey vessel. While waiting here, I was have a bit of a reminisce, looking back at our holiday pictures, and was...
Offshore operations The boat quest has rather come off the boil lately. Have not had time to do any boating, looking at boats or writing about boats. I have been concentrating on earning the money to buy our dream boat. Which is why I am sitting on a tug boat off...
Still no nearer to getting our boat. Have been looking again on the internet. There are a few interesting boats for sale on the Dutch website – http://www.botentekoop.nl/ Cannot do much about them at the moment, still being in Cape Town. However, I will be in UK...
My love of boats goes back to my early years when I went on holiday with my parents to Knysna in the Cape.
We stayed at a hotel on stilts, and I played in rowing boats and little motor boats on the lagoon.