{"id":13959,"date":"2022-01-17T09:52:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T08:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plasticodyssey.org\/?p=13959"},"modified":"2024-04-15T18:01:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T16:01:37","slug":"plastic-pollution-ambassador-vessel-logbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plasticodyssey.org\/en\/plastic-pollution-ambassador-vessel-logbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Odyssey’s first voyage logbook (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” row_negative_margin=”disable_negative_margin” z_index=”” el_class=”headpage_article”][vc_column el_class=”toptobottom”][vc_column_text]The first week of navigation is coming to an end for the Plastic Odyssey. The vessel continues its journey, towards Saint-Nazaire. Part 3.[\/vc_column_text]<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=”” anchor=”more” el_class=”article_content” padding_bottom=”40″ padding_top=”20″][vc_column el_class=”recrutementarticle_container”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1642418329792{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

A trip from Dunkirk to Saint-Nazaire<\/h2>\n

by Alexandre Dechelotte, CCO and co-founder of Plastic Odyssey<\/p>\n

First day of 2022, first voyage for the Plastic Odyssey vessel.<\/strong> After many postponements, departure details are finally in place. This is good news for the whole team: seeing the ship at sea \u2013 after so many months in the shipyard \u2013 reassures our troops and boosts their spirits! This navigation has a very special flavor, because its goal is to reach the port of Saint-Nazaire as soon as possible to start… a new refit! The last one. After more than a year and a half of renovation in the expert hands of the Damen shipyard in Dunkirk, the ship will now undergo its last big repair: replacement of a complete ballast tank whose wear was discovered during an inspection a few months ago. An area that had never been visited during the ship\u2019s 40-plus year life time; it is fortunate that this defect was discovered before the big departure.<\/p>\n

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>>> Read the part one <<<<\/b><\/a>
\n>>> Read the part two <<<<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Wednesday, January 5th<\/h4>\n

After a whole day spent on the train, I finally arrived in Cherbourg, France<\/strong>. It’s raining hard at the port. I climb a gate that separates me from the platform and land on the other side, in the mud. After the TGV, this scene sets the mood right away. It’s good to get out of the computer screen and get my feet back on board.
\nIn my bag, I brought all the necessary materials to take pictures. I will assist Louis in his watch tonight. Louis has been a lieutenant on board for more than two months, he is my classmate from the Merchant Navy school and I am very happy to see him again after more than 5 years, especially on our ship! He knows the vessel by heart now, and I haven’t been navigating for a long time. So I rely on him to get my bearings.<\/p>\n

Olivier, the captain, briefs us for the departure maneuver<\/strong>: the departure initially planned at 11:30 pm is advanced to 10:30 pm, because we have to keep the engines at low load. The current will be downstream after the Hague cape and will push us towards Saint-Malo<\/strong> during the second part of the night.
\nDistribution of watch duty:<\/p>\n