Great! Jack --- Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The ship insuranse will sort me out. No problem. In fack it will > allow > me an almost free upgrade to K20D. > > Maritimtim > > 2008/3/19, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Tim, > > Very much njoyed reading your well written adventure. I'm sure my > > biggest regret would be loosing my photos. Shame! > > There have been many responses to your post and I haven't read any > but > > yours. Can you recover any of your equipment losses through > insurance? > > Once talked to a fellow whose home-owners insurance allow him to > > recover the cost of a camera he clumsily dropped overboard on a > cruise > > trip through the Panama Canal. > > > > Jack > > --- Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Warning. Looong and far OT post. But it is a long story... > > > > > > I've been away for some time. Anybody noticed? Probably not. > > > > > > There are several reasons for my absense. I have been out in the > real > > > world, having real world experienses. Reality is a tough bitch. A > bit > > > too tough some times. So now I'm back, and are looking forward to > > > catch up again with the list. > > > > > > The short version is that I've been to sea as a stewart at a > > > lineboat. > > > It all happened very fast. This was a totally new experiense for > me. > > > I've never been at sea, I have never made my living as a cook, > and I > > > have never been farther north than Trondheim. This was in the > Barents > > > Sea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barents_Sea > > > > > > It was hard work, very hard work. For the first two weeks we had > bad > > > weather, and it felt like I did everything uphill. Litterally > > > speaking. After two weeks the weather improved, and I did too. I > > > adapted to the new envirement. So I was able to make a lot of > > > interesting pictures. Sadly I will never be able to show them to > > > anyone. > > > > > > The trip lasted for five weeks. At 8. mars the boat was almost > full, > > > and we where preparing for going back again. I was full of > > > adventures, > > > and was looking forward to come home again to my everyday > envirement, > > > and to my beloved. It is kind of hard to explain what happened in > > > english, but the short version of the story is best told by a > picture > > > (warning: drama) > > > http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/1.5059478 > > > > > > No one knows what actually happened. What we do know is that came > in > > > water in the room where the line comes back to the ship. This is > > > rather common, but for some reason the captain and the crew was > not > > > able to get it out again. So there was only one thing to do: To > get > > > into the water, and away from the sinking ship. It was chaotic. > When > > > we was geting into the life suits, the ship was leaning about 45 > > > degrees, and a table was running loose. But we managed to send > out a > > > call for help, and get into the water, and on to the life float. > Most > > > of the other men where trained for this situation. But this was > my > > > first trip so I was not. The only thing I had learned up front > was > > > how > > > to get into the suit. So I just had to look at the others, float > > > along, doing whatever they did. Thanks to the fact that > everybody, > > > did > > > what they where told to do, it all went rather smoothly. To make > a > > > long story short. We where all rescued after a long hour in the > > > water. > > > Basically I'm fine. Physically nothings wrong with me. > Emotionally > > > I'm > > > fine too. I have good nights sleep. But I'm not sure I will go > out > > > again. I need to test my reactions towards the sea in more > controlled > > > envirement before I decide on that. > > > > > > I have lost some stuff. Camera, a couple of lenses, puter, cell > > > phone, > > > and some clothes. But most likely I will be able to replace all > this > > > from insuranse. What I will not be able to replace is my picture > > > archive. I lost both originals and backup of most of my pictures. > > > Hopefully I will be able to restore most of it from an old HD. > > > > > > Ok. Folks. Thats my story. Has something interesting happened > while > > > I've been away? I have noticed there is a new Tim here. > > > > > > Tim Typo > > > > > > PS. Thank you Doug, for being you know, Doug > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above > > > and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > > Find them fast with Yahoo! 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