Just made it back to cell range guys. Covered almost 3000Nm from Las Palmas Spain, Canary Islands to Port Cartier Quebec. Took about 9 days to cross the Atlantic. We're lightship in ballast so it was a greasy crossing, rolling like crazy in rough weather south of the Azores. Anything not tied down was flying around. Dresser drawers and water coolers smashing about. We made it without any major breakdowns. We were all new to this ship and it's systems and had never even run the main engine until we departed Spain, but she just kept truckin at 93rpm for the whole crossing. Gotta love these big Sulzer slow speeds, they're tanks. Generators are my responsibility, and they're trashed. B&W medium speeds on heavy fuel (HFO 380, this stuff is GAF -greasy as...) it's tar when cold, heated to 130c at the engine inlet. They're whipped and chewing through lube oil like a fat man on a donut. They're gonna need pistons and liners, basically complete overhaul. Turbos are NFG also, drinking oil from them too. Id hate to see the bill for the parts list I'm putting together but if the company can afford $126mil for the ship and ~$200k in fuel for the Atlantic crossing, they probably won't even flinch. That or they will cheap out until a con rod comes out the side!
Anyways, paging nakdoc! Haven't for any contact info to send you this meter!
