R/V Davidson

My current ship the R/V Davidson at the dock in Ballard Wa, the night before getting underway for Alaska. Were docked next to some of the fishing boats featured on the TV show, "Deadliest Catch".

Got it

Master 1,600 ton, 3,000 Intl ton, 2nd Mate Any gross tons, Upon Oceans

Fast Forward the Nutshell

This Blog is way behind and needing an update badly. So rather than just skip to the present I will condense the past 8 months into a nutshell and hit the fast forward.
05 October, 2007 found me flying back from Thailand to the US.

With a 3 weeks stop in Santa Barbara, visiting my Dad. On 26 October I took a nice long train ride to Seattle. Something like a 36 hr ride, but comfortable and relaxing.

On 28 October, I enrolled in Crawford's Nautical school for my license upgrade to Master 1,600 Ton and 2^nd Mate Any Gross Tons, Upon Oceans.

After 3.5 months of studying, a mountain of books and notes I began testing in Mid February at the USCG Regional Exam Center and received my license on26 February, 2007. Next order of business was securing a job, which I did at Stabbert Maritime, Ocean Services on the R/V Davidson. While waiting for the ship to begin the job. I had a Photographic exhibit at The Black Box Gallery,4911 Aurora Ave Seattle Wa, on the 12, 13^th and 14^th of March. I wouldn't exactly call the show a hit, but it was worth it to me and some of my friends who made it all worthwhile. Most of these photographs
can now be seen at my Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lanphoto/

26 of April, 2007 found me coming aboard the “Davidson” in Ballard, Wa.

After crewing up and conducting sea trails we were underway for Alaska on 01 May, 2007