The tug barge combo Mega and Motti arrived in Quebec City March 23 and were successfully handed over to Groupe Océan. (It is always good when the new owner accepts delivery!)
Thanks to our anonymous translator here is a summary of Capt. Wiechmann's (the delivery skipper's) last diary report:
The Mega Motti is alongside in the Vieux Port,Quebec and the
Dutchmen have successfully handed the vessel over to the new
owners, Groupe Ocean.The captain and the crew had a little
get together for a "end of voyage beer" which he described as
being "heeeel gezellig". There is really no precise English translation
for this dutch expression.Google translate makes it "very nice"
but that does not cut it, a pleasant atmosphere of camaraderie
would be closer.
The whole saga is on the Redwise site, for now, but will soon be gone: http://www.redwise.com/page/mega-motti-weblog.html. Their home page is: http://www.redwise.nl/homepage.html
We await transfer of flag from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and of course new names, and some made in Canada photos.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Mega Motti update
It appears from the excellent Redwise site that Groupe Océan's newly acquired tug/barge combo Mega/Motti has sailed from Bermdua.
Thanks to Google translate, I hacve this rough translation from the Captain's log:
Go or not go .....
If you lie to wait for a period of "beautiful" again, plays continued the question: do we or do we not now. To make that choice, you obviously need a weather report, that the entire period of the sailing route spans.
Previously you previously listened to the weather reports on the radio and watched mainly on the prospects. With a notebook and a pencil was hastily "co-written" with the reader of the weather. Often resulted in an illegible scrawl, and a discussion with the helmsman in the trend: "I think it snaps back quite nicely on".
Today the weather and the prospects nicely via email sent to the ship and printed. That discussion with the helmsman can therefore be omitted. That saves a lot of time!
We also of course have the Internet, where a range of sites to see are all weather forecasts show. Think of it as "radar" but for the sea.
And that, dear reader, then dives again the old problem of "go" or "no go" on. For how many sites you visit, there are always differences. So get back to discussion with the officer, "but another site shows that ......."
Go or not go ........... but we have now gone!
E.Wiechmann
So it would seem that after several weeks of waiting for better weather, they are on their way!
Thanks to Google translate, I hacve this rough translation from the Captain's log:
Go or not go .....
If you lie to wait for a period of "beautiful" again, plays continued the question: do we or do we not now. To make that choice, you obviously need a weather report, that the entire period of the sailing route spans.
Previously you previously listened to the weather reports on the radio and watched mainly on the prospects. With a notebook and a pencil was hastily "co-written" with the reader of the weather. Often resulted in an illegible scrawl, and a discussion with the helmsman in the trend: "I think it snaps back quite nicely on".
Today the weather and the prospects nicely via email sent to the ship and printed. That discussion with the helmsman can therefore be omitted. That saves a lot of time!
We also of course have the Internet, where a range of sites to see are all weather forecasts show. Think of it as "radar" but for the sea.
And that, dear reader, then dives again the old problem of "go" or "no go" on. For how many sites you visit, there are always differences. So get back to discussion with the officer, "but another site shows that ......."
Go or not go ........... but we have now gone!
E.Wiechmann
So it would seem that after several weeks of waiting for better weather, they are on their way!
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Mega and Motti - en route
Groupe Océan's recently acquired articulated tug / barge combination Mega and Motti have reached Bermuda. They are hop-skipping across the Atlantic with stops so far in La Coruna, Spain and the Azores.
[reference Tugfax - December 17, 2012: http://tugfaxblogspotcom.blogspot.ca/2012/12/ocean-makes-move-into-atbs.html]
The pair were registered in Canada in December, but were soon chartered out under the flag of St.Vincent and the Grenadines for delivery by the Dutch company Redwise. Noted for making extreme delivery trips, Redwise seems to find no obstacles too severe for their experienced crews.
For more on Redwise, including their current deliveries see: http://www.redwise.nl/homepage.html
If you can read Dutch the Captain's progress reports probably make interesting reading:
http://www.redwise.com/page/mega-motti-weblog.html
[reference Tugfax - December 17, 2012: http://tugfaxblogspotcom.blogspot.ca/2012/12/ocean-makes-move-into-atbs.html]
The pair were registered in Canada in December, but were soon chartered out under the flag of St.Vincent and the Grenadines for delivery by the Dutch company Redwise. Noted for making extreme delivery trips, Redwise seems to find no obstacles too severe for their experienced crews.
For more on Redwise, including their current deliveries see: http://www.redwise.nl/homepage.html
If you can read Dutch the Captain's progress reports probably make interesting reading:
http://www.redwise.com/page/mega-motti-weblog.html
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