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LIFE AT SEA, and everywhere else !
Adventures from around the world
KaPow!!
KaPow!! Instant problem! The last picture is what's left when an inflatable life raft got sucked through our bow-thruster - luckily no...
captrva
Aug 14, 2020
Pink Panther - sacked
Page 157: my book "When the Ship hits the Fan" There he is ! The Pink Panther on the job.
captrva
Aug 7, 2020
On the beach in Broome
Broome has a tide range of 10m, as this old picture shows. I used it to advantage to put Lady Cynthia on the hard for repairs to the...
captrva
Aug 4, 2020
"Heraclitis"
Craig Stein from Broome jogged my memory about this 'thing' that came alongside us. Alternative lifestyle folks (!) from San Francisco....
captrva
Aug 3, 2020
C130 Herc
Page 171 of my book "When the Ship hits the Fan" - here's the Hercules taking off from Broome with the nervous Army Officer passengers !
captrva
Aug 1, 2020
A great job!
I was Master of Lady Ann working out of Broome for a few years. Great ship and a really good crowd - work hard/play hard! When she was...
captrva
Jul 29, 2020
Pub Race in Broome
The old Roebuck Bay Hotel, Broome, scene of the 'great race' !
captrva
Jul 28, 2020
Darwin to Fremantle..
I was towing this jack-up rig from Darwin to Fremantle... a long story.... But it finally did the right thing and rolled over and sank in...
Captain Rob Anderson
Jul 27, 2020
ORIANA TOW TO JAPAN
The liner Oriana finished up and was sold to become a hotel in Japan. We got the job to tow it from Sydney to Osaka with Lady Lorraine....
captrva
Jul 20, 2020
Piloting in the Reef - tough shitty job.
Our Bell 206B3 full IFR Pilot Transfer Helicopter - a single-engine IFR helicopter is a rare animal. Many years later this one carried...
captrva
Jul 14, 2020
VH-AKZ
Page 240: "When the Ship hits the Fan" Our beautiful C172 VH-AKZ "Alf" goes for a swim..
captrva
Jul 13, 2020
HYDROPILOTS - Helicopter 1
Together with two other Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Marine Pilots we set up our own business piloting the very large bulk...
Captain Rob Anderson
Jul 6, 2020
HYDROPILOTS - Helicopter 2
Our plan worked. Operating as a Private Category operation (after taking on CASA with a Q.C. !) enabled us to build up funds and buy a...
Captain Rob Anderson
Jul 1, 2020
Helicopter Landing Zone
Reno's to our house in Mackay while Piloting included the installation of a 'helicopter landing zone'.
captrva
Jun 28, 2020
And nothing worse than a wet arse for the long helicopter flight back to town!
Spent many years piloting these things through the Reef. Very boring ships - pretty plain Bridge with not much to play with! One fixed...
Captain Rob Anderson
Jun 21, 2020
NEMESIS
In partnership with 2 other Barrier Reef Marine Pilots we bought the ex-Police launch Nemesis to use for crew transfers and cargo runs to...
Captain Rob Anderson
Jun 14, 2020
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
While the ship was arrested and we were stuck in Lerwick, the Tall Ships came to town! Very impressive. We got sent out of the way,...
captrva
Jun 7, 2020
I spent some time in the Shetland Islands
some interesting places to visit !Tried to buy a t-shirt or a t-towel......
captrva
Jun 5, 2020
SEA SHEPHERD
Page 250: "When the Ship hits the Fan" Like a lot of professional Australian seafarers I donated my time (rather than money) to drive the...
captrva
May 31, 2020
True Confessions 1
Another confession from my book “When the Ship Hits the Fan”- I did a few swings on the DP 3 deepwater Saipem 10000. The drill ship on...
captrva
May 24, 2020
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