September 21st, 2008 by Jack Leblond
Part 11 – We have no idea how, but we manage to have a major piece of our sonar gear fall off the ship. We joke that it was somebody from the Russian ship. It does make for an exciting few...
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September 21st, 2008 by Jack Leblond
Part Ten – We are still in Curacao, a Russian freighter was docked on the same pier as us – who thought that would work? A couple brave soles mustered the courage to visit the Russian...
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September 21st, 2008 by Jack Leblond
Part Nine – On our way around to Pearl we expected to stop at all kinds of great places. We did not expect Curacao. It’s a lot like a studio movie lot. If you are on the pier where...
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September 21st, 2008 by Jack Leblond
Part eight – Understandably, any fire is bad. But a fire on a Submarine is VERY bad. And, if that fire is in the area of the boat that helps us know where we are…well, you get the...
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