油輪M.T. AXEL處女航高雄港

M.T. AXEL Maiden voyage 　Date : Nov. 23rd, 2010

油輪AXEL處女航高雄港　靠泊中油＃１０５號碼頭。

總噸位GRT: 28465 全長LOA 183m 寬B : 32m

可運載油量：約四萬五千噸。。大約２０噸的油罐車須要２２５０輛。

I am lucky to be the first pilolt of this beautiful ship, when I heard that the ship was her Maiden voyage,

I joked to the Master , Captain Mr.Veljco Mazic, today we were the virgin transformer.

And I added , people said that a good virgin transformer could also be a skillful crocodile's dentist.

Captain burst into laughing.

很高興我能成為這艘漂亮的船首航的引水人，當我聽船副說這是處女航的時候，我和船長開玩笑的說：

今天我們做了virgin transformer，我又說，有人說能做好處女轉型者的人，也就能夠做好鱷魚牙醫的工作。　船長聽了，哈哈大笑。

Captain Mazic is a very nice Croatia gentleman, and a very competent venteran at sea.

海滋克船長是克羅埃西人，人很客氣，而且也是優秀有豐富海上經驗的船長。

We Talked about the old time seaman's life and the skill of using sextant to get a ship's position at sea.

我們談了一些關於ＬＫＫ船員的生活形態，也談了只用六分儀就可以找到在汪洋大海中的位置。

And after all had been done, we chat a while about kids. I said I have a teenage yougest daughter, and she is my angel. Captain said that he have two marriage, he have a daughter , now 21 years old, of the first marriage and a 2 and half years son of the second wife .

工作都做完了，我們又聊了一下小孩的事。我說我有一個十來歲的小女兒，她是我們家的小天使。船長說他有二段婚姻，第一次他有一個現在２１歲的女兒，這一次他有一個二歲半的兒子。

Captain are so pround of his daughter, she is a good girl, and although she is living in another town now , but she visited them very often. And the little boy like his sister very much .

他很以她的女兒為榮，而且就算她和他們不住在同一個城市，她也常回來看他們。

I like to hear seaman's story about that , partly because this could release the heavy burden of missing family ,when alone on board ship.

我覺得和船員討論家人的事是值得高興的，有部份的原因是這樣也許可以減少一些在船上孤獨的鄉愁。

Luckly , Captain will go back home after two months, then he will meet his family very soon.

還好，船長再二個月就可以回家了和家人團聚了。

船長不斷地說他二歲的小兒子有多麼可愛，因為有了他，他們家才有了生氣。我完全能夠了解這種心情，人愈是年紀大才得到的小孩，愈是會疼愛。一部份原因是因為自己更加成熟了，也有一部份原因是因為自己是個老爸爸了，不確定是不是能夠陪著小孩到他夠大夠成熟。甘為孺子牛，此之謂也！

picture under, courtesy : Marine Traffic

we are virgin transformer and also Crocodile dentist.

Hope the nice chatting could make Captain feel better from his home sick.

希望這一段有趣的談話能夠讓船長暫時放下他思鄉的心情。