Silence of the Fans......

   Silence of The Fans........

  From Years of being an Engineer on TallShips. I have had many Fans on Each ship.
some strong, some did not last, some went to wereabouts unknown.

   Usually in the couch surfing between jobs on land odd things seem to happen. First is the lack of movement. Landsickness? Body not adjusting
constantly to movement. Sometimes having to take a ride on a bus,trolley,
Subway for a sensation. My usual withdrawal remedy is to rattle home aboard an Amtrak Train, seems to help.
  Also Taking the Train to a Tallship seems to help getting your Sea-Legs back.

 One also notice the lack of noise, Tallships are full of creak's,clanks,rattles not limited to noise made
by The Ship and surrounding Waters, Also the happy banter of crewmembers returning from a night ashore.
 Each Vessel is unique for the sounds it makes, And Crew.

   Brings me to My particular subject. Silence of The Fans.................

  Engineering aboard Tallship's you learn to dial in the noises that make up vessels particular Language or Speech. Sound of the Main Engine at different RPM's noticing if a Captain makes a hard shift while docking.
 More sounds of Pumps,Refrigeration units, Generators. Oh and I am referring to
electric Fans.  How do they help? I have dialed my self into my cabin/bunk fan.

  How, Don't know secret ninja sailor training maybe? A fan running lets
me know by its sound what is happening for the Ships Electrical system.
 A Pump,Galley stove,washer,dryer loads up the and changes the sound
 of the fan weather it be a generator,inverter bank, cruddy shorepower.
 ( Cruddy Shorepower could and will be a blog someday)

Sodium Canine 2011

So, In Closing what happens with The
Silence of The Fans? I instantly wake up and
 listen to see if it is just a switch-over to shore
power, Tanked inverter bank. Breaker or other
Electrical Problems. A fan running on land seems
to help out, they keep me in tune-  Mike McV

Haiti Sailors

Summer of 2010 I was able to serve aboard a Cargo Vessel delivering relief supplies to Haiti.
After 7 Days of steaming from Louisiana in moderate seas. We where held up for nearly 2-weeks
by the Corrupt Bureaucracy before able to offload our much needed supply's to The Haitian People.
One thing that really hit me hard was to see the Local Sailors, Working there rag-tag Sailboats day in
and day out. These Sailors showed me the true Spirit of the Haitian People. No Motors, 90lb sacks of
concrete loaded and offloaded by hand. Sails and rigging made from whatever they could scrounge.
Here is a Short compilation of the videos I shot:





Will load up more videos as Able.