Our berth is between the two ships already alongside - 18th. January. |
Mare Internum waiting to sail as we tied up. |
John also took this shot while waiting for Sapphire Princess to make fast so he could sail.. |
Captain John Rendle on the bridge wing of the outbound ship. |
After John had returned from his last job , I was very fortunate as he took me with him on his next job, an inbound Korean gas tanker. |
Sapphire Princess from the inbound tanker. |
The Korean captain of the tanker. |
Captain John Rendle and the ship's captain on the starboard bridge wing as the ship is backed into her berth. |
Morning arrival on 24th. January. |
A work barge being towed out to sea. |
Captain John Rendle took these two shots while piloting the ship in on 24th. January. |
(L-R) Captain Guerrini and the Staff Captain. |
Ships ahead and astern of our berth. |
Looking across the container wharf to the inner harbour. |
The magnificent view down Lyttelton harbour from John's Governor's Bay home. |
John in his garage with his model railway. |
Ever the eccentric Englishman, John still has this bobby's helmet that he acquired from a policeman in Cardiff, Wales, when we were shipmates aboard mv Canterbury Star in 1975. |
John with his boy, Rupert. |
Captain Guerrini kindly allowed me to invite John and his partner Gail on board for lunch. |
Gail, John and me at lunch in the ship's main restaurant. |
That afternoon, the ships berthed ahead and astern of us sailed. |
Gail and I watching a containership sail - Photo by John Rendle. |
Gail and John with the duty pilot Captain Joanne Laing (New Zealand's only female pilot) who took the ship out. |
Sapphire Princess sailing from Lyttleton 24th. January - Photos by John Rendle. |
Lovely photos, Tim. The portraits are especially good.
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