1, new crew embarks. Generally speaking, the new crew members have more luggage than the old crew members, and most of them are small bags of personal belongings. After passing the port inspection, they entered the port area with more cars and less goods. There is a busy working scene in the port area, with the roar of cars, the alarm of port machines, the sound of loading and unloading goods and sirens coming and going. Arriving at the dock, there is a huge ship moored in the harbor pool next to the tall loader (the above can refer to the scene of the captain boarding the ship in the recent American blockbuster Captain Phillips, which is more real). Walk carefully on the gangway, tread on thin ice step by step (gangway is not easy to walk, and you will be injured if you step on it carelessly), step on the deck, put down your luggage, and breathe a sigh of relief. Then show your work certificate to the sailor on duty on the gangway, sign it, enter the living area, take the elevator to the captain's room, introduce a few greetings, and then give a white card, passport, seaman's card, service book, etc. Give it to the captain, and then the other crew members will take it to the intern's room. . .
2. To resist wind and waves during sailing, first of all, there will be a meteorological fax on the bridge every day, which will report the meteorological conditions of a certain sea area, such as the intensity, moving trajectory and speed of typhoons or high and low pressures, so as to infer the sea conditions. Most big waves are predictable, and sometimes they meet unexpectedly.
In the storm, the hull has a "three-dimensional" shaking, and the feeling of people on board is shaking left and right, up and down, and sometimes the hull will shake again. The sway of the ship mainly depends on the size of the swell. My personal understanding is that the difference between swells and waves is that one is invisible underwater and the other is visible on the water. Wind will cause waves, and waves will bring surges (maybe other factors such as ocean currents will also bring surges, so I don't know much about it), so sometimes the wind is strong, but the ship doesn't shake, and sometimes the wind is not strong, but the ship shakes. It is a slight shaking within 5 degrees, a slight shaking from 5 to 10 degrees, and it will drift from 10 to 15 degrees. If you walk from 15 to 20 degrees, no one will accept it and you can only support the wall. It's above 20 degrees, which is a little dangerous. But most of them are stable. The design wind resistance grade of medium and large ships with a deadweight of more than 60,000 tons seems to be Grade 8.
I think it's funniest when it's stormy. In the restaurant where the food is served, everyone still gets together and shakes it while eating, whether it can be eaten or not. The big wave came with a "ouch, ouch, ouch, yo, yo", scrambling to grab the plates and bowls, followed by a burst of laughter, haha, don't drop the rations on the ground. I remember that during a storm, when I was eating, I put a bottle of my old godmother on the table. Just as I was about to eat it, there was a big shake. I saw it throw a beautiful arc and fell to the ground and broke it. The oil in the bottle spilled all over the floor, and so did the blood in my heart. . .
What a storm. The waves rolled like a boiling hot pot. On the shore, it is a sight we can't see. During this period, it is not allowed to work on the deck, because it is dangerous and people may be blown into the sky (a bit exaggerated), especially the waves on the deck. Think about it, even if it is fully loaded, there will be at least 5 meters of freeboard. Big waves can hit the stern from the bow more than 200 meters away. It's spectacular and breathtaking. In special circumstances, it is necessary for someone to take great risks to solve the problem on the deck, such as the hatch cover bolt is not fixed, the forecastle door is not closed properly or other circumstances. I heard of a sailor who was swept off the deck by the waves and then swept back to the ship by the waves. Others say that he was thrown into the sea at the bow and beaten at the stern. I don't know whether sailors play like this on fishing boats or on cargo ships like ours. No matter which version, it is thrilling to play and scary to think of. People don't live on the sea with a floating object like in movies. If there are only small floating objects like life jackets, the danger of survival is not thirst, hunger, freezing, flood and so on. First of all, think about the windless waves at sea. Any wave is too high, so the answer is to suffocate. Even with lifeboats and liferafts, ships more than 200 meters long were sunk by the earthquake, not to mention lifeboats only a few meters long; Even if there is no wind and waves, the vast ocean, if you want to be rescued, it is equivalent to wanting a lottery ticket of 5 million. Therefore, the safety of ships, like fire fighting on land, is the most important, and keeping the mother ship is the most important. But it's not that hanging, it's still very safe, and the probability of an accident is the same as winning the lottery.
3, amateur life, a good leader can lead his subordinates to do a good job, and the living atmosphere will be much better. Happy hours are mostly after meals, basically drinking, drinking tea and chatting, playing cards (80 points, fighting landlords, etc. ). I have never encountered gambling, and I have basically lost push-ups. I remember a second mate who did more than 300 push-ups, watched TV and movies (downloaded or bought after arriving in Hong Kong), worked out, played table tennis, swam and sang in the salon.
Generally speaking, the image of being a sailor is more casual. Some colleagues simply lose their heads when their hair grows, and some simply have long hair, but most of them have their hair cut after they arrive in Hong Kong. My hair was a little long for a while, and I didn't take care of it. I basically sleep whatever I want. When I get up, I often go to restaurants to eat. My buddy said to me, "Haha, I changed my hairstyle again today!" " "This is called natural hairstyle, which is the most popular haha nowadays", but when you go to Hong Kong, you should pay attention to "international influence" and polish the image of "international sailor".
It's fun to gossip when you are bored. The destination port of a voyage is Daya Bay Pinghai Power Plant. One afternoon, I was sleeping. The first mate was on duty and called me to the bridge to ask me something. He is a few years older than me and usually plays jokes on him. After going up, I squatted on the chart table.
He turned from the radar, lay on the other side of the chart table and asked, "Have you been to Pinghai Power Plant?"
Seeing him wink at me and disturb my sleep, I wanted to lie to him on purpose, yawned and said casually, "Yes!" "
He asked again, "How did Pinghai Power Plant come out? Is it far? "
I said, "It's not that far, just like Chaozhou Power Plant."
He was dubious: "Really? When did you go? "
I said impatiently, "What are you doing? ! ! "
"Oh, how can I get to the gate of the power plant from the dock? How long does it take to walk? " Haha, he bought it.
I said, "How can I tell you without a map? Half an hour, anyway, it is similar to Chaozhou Power Plant. "
He asked again, "Is there a bus to Pinghai Town outside the power plant? How to sit? I'm going to town this time. I have something to do. "
The sailor on duty next to him also asked, "How long does it take by bus?"
I threw him a more impatient "I don't know!" " "
"Don't be silly, hey hey, tell me, when did you go?" The first mate is in a hurry, haha
I couldn't help laughing: "I went when I was just dreaming, and you woke me up before I dreamed how to go." I tell you hahahaha. " . . "
Chief mate "wow! Liar! " Then I grabbed the eraser on the chart and threw it, but I dodged. hahaha. . .
On the one hand, we are in the same boat once, and we may not meet again next time. On the other hand, all the people who look up and look down are men, and there should be less intrigue among the crew than on land. In fact, there is a lot of joy in the life of the crew. The only weakness of this industry is that it has been away from home for a long time, and it cares more about the family and has less responsibilities.