Hello All
It was quite an exciting preceding 24 hours with us really taking the vessel through her paces to make sure all her functionalities are working without any glitches while still having the Converteam engineers on board to assist us in clearing up any issues. At one stage yesterday afternoon we were cruising at 18 knots while testing the full sea going mode and ice modes. The weather cleared up nicely so today we had quite an easy transfer of the Converteam engineers to the pilot boat at Cherbourg. We were even lucky enough to engage the dynamic positioning mode while we waited for the pilot boat for a short while to test if that is working well, which it was.
It is amazing how strong the tidal stream can get in the English channel and at the pilot boarding point I estimated we had around two knots flow, that is quite something.
The trainee officers on board is really getting good experience while we are traversing these more traffic dense areas and I hope they remember what they are learning here now.
The ship has been running well and other than a couple of leaks and a electronic device here or there we have not had any mayor problems....touch wood.
I hope that Neptune will grant us easy passage through the notorious bay of Biscay when we finally make our way more south.
All the best.
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