Sunset at sea

Assalamualaikum and Good day seafarer

Here i am continue on sharing my story about my sea life.The topic that i want to share for today is about sunset.

As you all know and love when seeing sunset at any beach.Mesmerize by the beauty of the scenery that makes you feel at ease and calm.Watching sunset is a therapy for those who suffer from depression and heartbreaks.I know because i've been in that situation.

But for me as a deck cadet officer onboard,the sun is use for many purpose especially for navigation.Fascinating isn't? My officer trained and teached me the art of navigating using the sun as we seafarer called it celestial navigation.Using the right equipment onboard to take the bearing of the sun to get the position of our vessel.Cool right? Not many job got the chance to apply nature as the tool of their work.So my job normally starts at 1800 when the sun is about to set,taking the bearing of the sun to calculate the sunset time by using azimuth method.The best part of it as a muslim i can calculate my prayer time using the sunset calculation.For me,watching sunset at sea is the most amazing thing in the world.The scenery is way different than watching it at shore.To see it you must go to sea.

How i miss this moment onboard  MT ORKIM POWER

Gyro repeater stand by for taking the bearing of the sun. source :google

Inside the azimuth circle lies a little sun . source :google

For the past 1 year time at sea holding the rank deck cadet onboard has taught me to become a competent person and skillful training officer.I'm very grateful to have such an amazing officer especially Malaysian Officers from ALAM.I hope that one day i'll be like them or maybe better so that the legacy will continue and put the malaysian name well known worldwide.

Thank you for reading my blog, that's all from me today.Sign off