DCdt’s Log 112025 July 2017 GMT +8

Just past the one month mark in this contract, and the time is honestly flying by. I’m still seeming to be enjoying myself, and still have as many limbs as I joined the ship with.

Now that I’m back and settled into the routine of it all again I’ve gotten some various tasks signed off in my TRB, and have started to do some more of the senior officer operations onboard, such as taking charge of ballasting operations and writing up port papers including those to do with the dangerous goods we’ll be loading and discharging at each port. That has been interesting to learn about and apply practically. As well as these, I have been working on learning my COLREGS or ‘Rules of the Road’, which is just a barrel of laughs, let me tell you… Actually, it’s not all that bad, just a bit of a pain in the arse to learn 30-odd rules, a lot of which is best to just learn verbatim.

I’ve also gotten the chance to do something else in my deck work over the past month though!.

fucking . stencilling.

Having been onboard for over a month, at least 5 out of 7 days a week I have been stencilling various bits and bobs around the ship. And on the other two days I’ve probably been preparing material to stencil. My sheer distain and hatred for stencilling has only been exacerbated on this ship so far, and I can only see this trend continuing into the future. The only upside to this is that I’m now pretty much a certified professional. If stencilling were an Olympic sport, I think I’d stand a damned good chance of getting on the podium.

At least the bane of my life will soon be over, as I’ll be moving on to LSA and FFE maintenance in a couple of weeks, thank goodness.

Ladies and gents, until next time,

-The Scouse Deckie