John and Jean's 2009 Maritime Adventure
This blog will chronicle our Around the World voyage on the German freighter m/v Rickmers New Orleans, departing Houston on 20-Sep-2009 returning to Houston on 6-Feb-2010.
06 February 2010 | Docked, Port of Houston
04 February 2010 | At Sea, Off the Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico
01 February 2010 | Puerto Limon, Costa Rica
30 January 2010 | The Panama Canal, Central America
30 January 2010 | The Panama Canal, Central America
30 January 2010 | The Panama Canal, Central America
30 January 2010 | The Panama Canal, Central America
30 January 2010 | The Panama Canal, Central America
30 January 2010 | Panama, Central America
20 January 2010 | Pacific Ocean, North of the Marquesas
18 January 2010 | Pacific Ocean, South of Honolulu
16 January 2010 | Pacific Ocean, Southeast of Midway Island
13 January 2010 | The Central Pacific
11 January 2010 | Kobe, Japan
11 January 2010 | Kobe, Japan
11 January 2010 | Kobe, Japan
05 January 2010 | Qingdao, China
05 January 2010 | Qingdao, China
31 December 2009 | At Sea, Off Masan South Korea
23 December 2009 | At Dock, Shanghai China
Groundhog Day!
16 January 2010 | Pacific Ocean, Southeast of Midway Island
John and Jean Locke
When we left Houston on September 20th, we started moving through time zones as we traveled eastward around the globe. During the past 4 months, we have crossed 18 time zones, and advanced our clocks 18 times.
We crossed 180 00'00" longitude (The International Date Line) at 7:47pm on Saturday Jan 16th, and just like that it was 8:47pm on Friday Jan 15th. We got our 18 hours back, and then some.
Only 6 more time zone changes to Houston!
So, in honour of getting to live Saturday Jan 16th a second time, we are declaring today "Groundhog Day" aboard ship, remembering that classic Bill Murray comedy movie of the same name.
Never needing much of an excuse to have a party, we chose today to have another Pilot Deck BBQ in celebration of our crossing.
Seas remain calm, and as a result of very bad weather to the north of us now hitting the Aleutians, Alaska and Northern BC we have changed our course to skirt just south of the Hawaiian Islands. This should help shield us from some of the big rollers hitting the north shore. Good surfing on the Banzai Pipeline this weekend.
We crossed 180 00'00" longitude (The International Date Line) at 7:47pm on Saturday Jan 16th, and just like that it was 8:47pm on Friday Jan 15th. We got our 18 hours back, and then some.
Only 6 more time zone changes to Houston!
So, in honour of getting to live Saturday Jan 16th a second time, we are declaring today "Groundhog Day" aboard ship, remembering that classic Bill Murray comedy movie of the same name.
Never needing much of an excuse to have a party, we chose today to have another Pilot Deck BBQ in celebration of our crossing.
Seas remain calm, and as a result of very bad weather to the north of us now hitting the Aleutians, Alaska and Northern BC we have changed our course to skirt just south of the Hawaiian Islands. This should help shield us from some of the big rollers hitting the north shore. Good surfing on the Banzai Pipeline this weekend.
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| Vessel Name: | Rickmers New Orleans |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Superflex Heavy MPC - 1.900 TEU Class |
| Hailing Port: | Majuro, Marshall Islands |
| Crew: | John & Jean Locke |
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m/v Rickmers New Orleans
Who: John & Jean Locke
Port: Majuro, Marshall Islands