October comes and goes`

A quick as a fox update just to update you people with what has happened in this crazy month.

Big news - I have been promoted!! I am now HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) Engineer. I am kinda ultimately responsible for all the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration on the Ship. This is a little scary as I have really only learnt about all the systems in the last few months and now I am responsible to keep it all going.

I am also in charge of finishing off the Hospital and looking after all the Medical Gas and associated systems. So this is no small task. I am really looking forward to it and everyone here is being very helpful and understanding that I feel a bit overwhelmed by this new task.

This month has also been one of the most exciting I have had for a while - we finally started both the large AC compressors - and they worked!! After taking them apart and replacing some parts personally, I was a little hesitant that they would ever work the same again - but they have and they seem to be running well - only time will tell. We also now have both the Refrigeration compressors running - so when we finally get some food onboard, we should be able to keep it cold.

Check out the photo below of an interesting James Hetfield (Metallica) type beard I tried out for one evening. Aparrently I looked like an American Biker or a Medievel Soldier!!

Till next time folks - I'll have a proper update with some photos that aren't just of me!!!

See ya, keep in touch