Thread: MV Blue Marlin in Geelong

If you are near Geelong, this could be worth looking at: [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Blue_Marlin"]MV Blue Marlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

See some pics here: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...'t=1997354

From that link:

At one time I was the project engineer for an offshore drilling company.
I did a voyage from the USA to Singapore with a company jack-up drilling rig on a sister vessel to the Marlin. (Teal). Some trip, down through the Caribbean around the Cape of Good Hope, up to Sumatra via the Indian Ocean, and down through the Malacca Straits to Singapore.

Even though the rig was being carried as cargo, the US customs system insisted that it was a "vessel", and as such needed a captain. So I was appointed captain, had to sign the rig out of the US and the clearance document that was issued to me stated in part "with 4 men, no guns"!