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Sunset at sea - as seen from aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst working on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Systems Technician Gary Muncaster smiling like a Cheshire Cat, on board the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian - whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Systems Technician Gary Muncaster hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Systems Technician Gary Muncaster hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Systems Technician Gary Muncaster hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Chief Officer Gary Williams hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Chief Officer Gary Williams hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Chief Officer Gary Williams hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Third Officer, Hassan Shaikh and Junior Systems Technician, Richard Wilson hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Systems Technician, Jim McKendrick hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Systems Technician, Jim McKendrick hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Systems Technician, Jim McKendrick smiling like he's just won the lottery! Aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Systems Technician, Jim McKendrick hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Part of a large school of Killer Whales; seen from aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Part of a large school of Killer Whales; seen from aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Junior Systems Technician, Mark Hoyle sweating his "what's it's" off aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

"Yours Truly," very hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Second Officer, Vic Rolfe ("Yours Truly,") (AKA Inspector Cluso! )very hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. I very foolishly left the Philipppines in the heat of April and thinking that I was heading for sunny Bermuda - with no cold weather gear whatsoever. I got a very rude awakening when I realised that the ship would be heading for the Northern part of the North Atlantic!! (The "I've been to London" wooly hat was an emergency purchase in London's Gatwick airport!! Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

"Yours Truly," extremely hard-at-work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Casanova: The Autobiography of Vic "Sexy Fingers" Rolfe MINUS ***** - Absolutely Shite - The Journal Even Less Than ***** - Piss Poor - New York Times "They call me 'Sexy Fingers' because I f**k everything I touch!" - Vic Rolfe Book cover design and artwork by ETO, Tom Ramshaw Cover photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

"Yours Truly," very hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

"Yours Truly," very hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Me and Jim McKendrick looking out for damage o the cable, as the ship pics up a kilometer after kilometer of the damn stuff! The cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Me and Jim McKendrick looking out for damage o the cable, as the ship pics up a kilometer after kilometer of the damn stuff! The cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Me and Jim McKendrick looking out for damage o the cable, as the ship pics up a kilometer after kilometer of the damn stuff! The cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan