The first day he taught his young apprentice how to make several of the most common cabins squeaky clean - the reef, timber hitch, bowline, the sheet bend. Valentina found the deck work was exhausting - painting, splicing broken lines, mopping - but he loved every minute of it.
Valentina found the container ship and all the equipment fascinating. She asked Anders endless questions about it. The Swede was enthusiastic about his vocation and only too happy to oblige - he was an Ordinary Seaman diligently working towards his Able Seaman certificate and hoped to be a ship captain someday.
“How big is this ship compared to other container ships?” Roberto asked.
“Relatively small. The Bianca has a length of one hundred sixty-two meters, a breadth of twenty-three meters, and a TEU of eleven hu
