Doulos under way at sea in it's early days of ministry.
Doulos 1982-1984
Doulos berth in Curacao, Willemstad, in 1982 - we went for an annual drydocking here.
Doulos in Willemstad
Roz in Willemstad - she is 'great with child' who turned out to be Paul.
Willemstad shore line.
Fiat main engine piston being prepared for survey.
Fiat piston being lowered into liner.
Inspecting Fiat cylinder block and liner land area.
Preparing fiat piston to lower into place.
Posing with piston.
Inspecting Fiat head valve face and seat.
Inspecting Fiat piston oil ring.
Lower starboard side of engine room space.
Roz inspecting Fiat crankcase.
Johannes, our 1st Engineer from Denmark, at this time. He later sailed as Chief Engineer.
Roz checking out purifier flat - notice how clean she is dressed.
Jim in uniform preparing for an opening.
Puerto Cabello beach in Venezuela in 1982.
Puerto Cabello beach.
Entering Panama Canal Zone from the Caribbean side.
Transiting Panama Canal Zone in 1982.
Entering Miraflores lock on Pacific side in Panama Canal. NOTE: When entering the canal from the Atlantic side you will pass through the Gatun locks. They are a series of 3 locks that raise the ship 85 feet (26m) to the artificial Lake Gatun. After passing the Gaillard Cut there is the Pedro Miguel Lock, a single lock, which lowers ships 31 feet (9.4m) to another small lake. At the Pacific side we have the Miraflores locks, which lower the ships 54 feet (16m) using two steps to the sea level.
In Miraflores Lock.
Doulos being held in center for lock via cables.
Exiting Miraflores lock.
Manta, Ecuador beach in 1982.
Mark enjoying a beach outing.
Roz with Mark on Manta beach.
Kids + sand = fun
Another beach scene.
Beach family
Mark in our cabin on starboard mid-ships side.
Mark reading pictures.
Dad reading pictures to Mark - Mark more interested in Chicago Bear.
Dad teaching Mark how to spell, or is it the other way around?
Doulos berth in the the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1982 - note all the locals lined up to visit the Book Exhibition.
Tall ship entering port of Guayaquil.
Doulos berth in port of Manta, Ecuador.
Port of Manta.
Visitors lined up for Book Exhibition.
Kid + water + stones = fun
Doulos crew and staff on a couple of days break from ship life.
View of Arica in the north of Peru.
Arid Andes mountain range along the coast of Peru.
Arid coastal town in Peru.
Port of Callao, Peru, which is the port city for Lima - Paul was born in Lima in 1982.
Roz a day after giving birth by cesarean - she was still very sore and drugged up.
Roz and Mark in our cabin.
Five ship babies were produced within a span of about 6 weeks - starting at the left is Jim and Paul, Jeff Smith (USA), Bob Clements (Canada), Mark Dimond (England) and Mark Sweeny (Scotland). Note that three out of the five are Engineers.
Four of the new ship babies - Paul, the sumo in blue and red stripes.
More babies.
Mark with his new brother.
Bath time in our cabin shower.
Brothers enjoying their youth.
Boys up in Mark's berth (bed) - Paul learned to climb long before walking.
Proud father with sons.
Mark feeding Paul a Smartie.
Bath time - or is it play time?
Doulos berth in port of Arica, in the north of Chile in late 1982 - the port after birth of Paul.
Outside port area of Arica, Chile.
Park in Arica, Chile.
Ship Ford Transit experiencing 'float test'.
Float test in progress.
Ford Transit not passing 'float test'.
Port of Valparaiso, Chile, the port city for Santiago, in late 1982.
Locals lined up to visit the Book Exhibition.
Fire in port area.
Transiting Strait of Magellan on way to Punta Arenas, in the south of Chile.
Doulos berth in port of Montevideo, Uruguay, in early 1983 - note locals lined up to visit the Book Exhibition.
Family outing in Montevideo - Paul still growing on 'mother's milk'.
Montevideo sea wall - a day out with Jeff and Sandy Smith from the USA - Jeff was our ship's printer.
Day outing at beach near Montevideo - Mark Robinson joined us - note that it is very 'hot' and Mark in not wearing 'shorts'.
Doulos crew and staff at beach part outside Montevideo - note Mark's future wife, Barb, pictured nearest son Mark.
The Drebert clan males.
Doulos approaching Rio de Janeiro in 1983. This was our second visit to this port.
View of Rio from The Christ statue on Corcovado Hill.
The Christ statue.
View of Leblon Beach
Family on Leblon beach in Rio.
Day outing at camp outside of Vitoria, Barzil, in 1983.
Mark + water + ball = fun
Proud father and son.
Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa, in 1983.
Doulos berth in Tenerife - note the Cruise Ship, The Canberra in the background.
Paul enjoying the beach near port area - note in background - the Canberra departing port.
The Canberra departing port of Tenerife.
Coast near La Coruna in the north of Spain.
Coastal area of La Coruna in the north of Spain.
Coastline of northern Spain near La Coruna.
Coastline of north Spain.
Mom and Jake visit us in port of Bilbao, north Spain - it was their first time to see Paul.
Mom and Paul in our cabin.
Jake and Mark in our cabin.
Graham and Angela Young in port of Santander in the north of Spain.
Paul and Mark in Santandar beach park.
Mark in Santander in 1984.
Mark in Santander beach park in 1984.
Mark on Bay of Biscay.
Amusement Park near Santander port area - Mark handing over his ticket.
Mark enjoying a train ride.
Port of San Sebastian in the north of Spain near French border - days outing with Manfred and Roland and their children.
Roz carrying Paul as we hike towards the coast.
Architecture in San Sebastian.
View of Doulos across the inlet.
Hike towards the coast.
Mark perched atop coastal mountain - Doulos viewed in background - quite the hike to coast and back.
Picnic and rest time during hike.
Kids atop the rugged Bay of Biscay coastline.
Rugged Bay of Biscay coastline.
Coastline of northern Spain.
Near sundown on the Bay of Biscay - note narrow inlet entrance to the harbour to San Sebastian.
Sundown at port entrance.
Sunset
Roz and Paul on hike.
Mark at play in stream near French border.
Paul in San Sebastian park.
Paul's 1st birthday on board Doulos.
Mark painting on double-decker bus in port of Belfast in 1984.
Mark on his 4th birthday on Doulos.
Mark and girlfriend.
Mark and girlfriend in our cabin.
Mark in Santandar beach park.
Doulos berth in port of Gijon in northern Spain.
Doulos berth in port of Gijon to the right of photo.
Stream near the coast of France.
Mark rearranging stones in stream.
Doulos personnel outing in port of San Sebastian - Barb Robinson on right.
Picnic in park in Spain - note Mark Robinson is wearing shorts.
Picnic in Spain - also shown are Graham, Barb, Angela and Jack.
Mark in sleeping bag in park.
Day at park in Santander.
Mark and Paul in our cabin chair.
Pat - our ship nurse from Canada - with Mark.
Day outing in San Sebastian.
Mark in tunnel
Mark on beach
Mark and another girlfriend in our cabin.
Logos and Doulos in port of Liverpool in 1984.
Paul meets his British family in 1984 in Liverpool.
Mark and Uncle Eddie in our cabin.
Mark and Paul and Uncle Eddie.
Logos and Doulos in port of Belfast in 1984.
Port of Belfast in 1984.
Roz and Mark on Doulos.
Days outing at Loch Lomond park in Scotland in 1984.
Loch Lomond park in 1984.
Slippery slope in Loch Lomond park.
Port of Hamburg in northern Germany in 1984 - we siched off the Doulos in June which was our last time on the Doulos.
Doulos berth in port of Hamburg in 1984.
