Ships In The Bay..

There are some interesting vessels in St Helena Bay from time to time..

A friend told me this is a jack-up rig. I’d never heard of this before, you can read more about these self-elevating vessels here.. 

Sneaking out at sunset.

Fishing trawlers, the seagull’s friend..

Waiting its turn, looming large and magnified in the fog like a mirage.

Emerging from the “toemis”..

Mellow in a calm morning mist..

I've no idea why the Navy was here, but there sure was quite a gathering on the deck at sunset.. 

Its headlights were almost shining into my lounge..

Here yesterday, gone today.

Named the Federal Osaka, I wonder what its mission is?

And the jack-up rig is back in town..

.. and eight hours layterrr, at sunset.... It was rocking back and forth like a giant pendulum in the wind. I had to wait until it was vertical-ish before taking a shot.

From head-on, it presents another interesting view.

Jack packed up, neatly retracted and ready to leave..

And then this strange vessel appeared in the bay. I was interested in the cloud formation at first, before I noticed this bizarre flotation device!

A closer look.. A knowledgeable friend informed me it's an FPSO (Floating Production Storage & Offloading).. You can read more here..

Another image of the same, but also including a ski-boat, fishing boat and tanker, with some birds thrown, or should I say flown, in the mix.. :)

5:40 am, minutes before sunrise, and all’s well in the bay.