As some of you may know, I went away to sea on Monday to start my new job on a much smaller type of ship.

Well, got there to find a converted fishing boat My cabin was tiny, it stank, and had fleas................. Tried cleaning up, with no real success as I was being very sick due to the calm weather rolling the 'ship' 45 degrees at a time... Never been seasick in the 6 years I've worked at sea, made up for it in the last 3 days.

To make things worse, the thing was fucked. Gearbox/clutch gave up about 10 hours out to sea, leaving us with no propulsion. Came back to Aberdeen using the retractable thruster, only took 48 hours. Had no working fire pump, the compressor exploded, and it was generally pish.

So I said to the Chief Engineer, (I was the 2nd engineer) that I wouldn't be staying and would it be possible to get me off? 2 hours later I'm shoved off the ship into a cold wet aberdeen where I stood for 3 hours while my WONDERFUL g/f drove 200 miles to come rescue me. (it was 11pm btw)

So, there end my brief association with that shipping company, and now back on the hunt for a job.....

So, anyone need an engineer? I'm currently applying for EVERYTHING, Halfords, Tyre Fitting places, you name it! Someone get me a job!