Location: 38 28.8 N 027 51.2 W Course 289 Speed 13.5 kts
Weather: Partly Cloudy Wind: N 8 kts Seas: Small N-Westerly Swell
Once more through the Azores today, providing pilotage to the 2/C Deckies. The timing was complimentary to reaching the 3-weeks remaining point of the training cruise. Humidity was high but otherwise we had nice weather for the passage. Alpha 4/C are preparing to take their next battery of exams tomorrow and the 2/C are working feverishly to complete their projects in the limited time remaining.
Photos & Captions provided by 4/C Euiler and 4/C Ma:
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- Capt. Wood and 2/C Birmingham going over our approach to the Azores. They are using dead reckoning to estimate about what time we will need to make our course change.
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- During deck maintenance, Bravo Company chips the rust off of the decks and handrails.
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- During deck maintenance, Bravo Company chips the rust off of the decks and handrails.
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- This training evolution teaches how to overhaul a valve, which includes putting in new packing to ensure there is a water tight seal.
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- 4/C Stalvey, 4/C Pecherek, and 4/C Roberts overhauling a valve during engine training.
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- 4/C Mehuren and 4/C Reynolds are seen here painting the outside of the 03 deck forward house.
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- The person in charge wears a white hard hat, and the crew wear yellow hard hats. 4/C Larsen is the Officer in Charge (OIC) for this training evolution. He is signaling the crew to lower the bucket onto the hatch square.
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- 4/C Cronin and 4/C Rush back at it, hoping to catch a bite from anything as we pass between the Azores island. Also taking advantage of a little cell phone service as we pass by the islands to call home.
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