Schedule
Damon Ramsey

 I keep this schedule as up-to-date as possible.
For completed trips and full work history go to work history of Damon Ramsey. Each trip is usually set out as: dates & ports, my role, the region and trip name, the name of the ship, the name of the company (with some variations).
The colour coding is:
White for work; including my role, dates, locations, ship, company, 
red for cancellations & changes (slowing down as covid does), 
orange for available & possible, including applications, 
purple for time off, including private expeditions for writing books, lectures & website,
green for work related courses, transit & training etc

2026

APRIL

Travel two weeks French Guiana. Travel two weeks in France & Europe. 21st, arrive Cairns.

MAY

Four weeks time "off" at home.

Doctor/medical. Update Tropical Seashores book, re-upload, order print copy, re-read & re-edit, re-upload, re-order. SilverSea courses. AECO Arctic exam. UK visa. Update Arctic book, re-upload, re-order copies?? Update Arctic lectures. Redo northern Atlantic Ocean lectures, Europe ecosystem (meadows/forests, seashores, oceans lectures. Intro UK??. Update intro Greenland, finish intro Iceland. Oh, and don't forget to sleep.

25th May 2026 - 6th June 2026. London - Leith (Edinburgh). United Kingdom. On board Silver Wind, For Silversea.

JUNE

 6th June 2026 - 18th June 2026. Leith (Edinburgh) - Reykjavik. United Kingdom & Iceland. On board Silver Wind, For Silversea.

JULY

18th June 2026 - 1st July 2026. Reykjavik - Nuuk. Iceland & Greenland. On board Silver Wind, For Silversea.

1st July 2026 - 14th July 2026. Nuuk - Reykjavik. Iceland & Greenland. On board Silver Wind, For Silversea.

 Three weeks off at home. Tax invoices sorted & entered, tax return needs to be submitted. Sigh. Book two advice sessions (one early and one late) with tax agent. Australian First Aid course. 

25 July - 8 August 2026. SINGAPORE-SINGAPORE (sumatra). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.

AUGUST

8th - 24th August 2026. SINGAPORE - BALI (borneo) like HAD (?). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.

24 August - 9 September 2026. BALI - RABAUL (indonesia and PNG). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.

SEPTEMBER

(continued from last month) 24 August - 9 September 2026. BALI - RABAUL (indonesia and PNG). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.

 month off at home.

Continue Coral Reef book. (Upload an ebook version?). 

OCTOBER

5-19 October 2026. FIJI - TAHITI (Nomads of the Wind). On board TBD. Noble Caledonia.

19 -31 October 2026. TAHITI-TAHITI. On board TBD, Noble Caledonia.

31 October - 23 November 2026. TAHITI-San Antonio, Chile. On board TBD, Noble Caledonia

NOVEMBER

(continued) 31 October - 23 November 2026. TAHITI-San Antonio, Chile. On board TBD, Noble Caledonia.

Few days at home. Prep NZ talks.

2nd - 16th DECEMBER 2026, New Zealand, On board Coral (Adventurer), for Noble Caledonia Charter.

DECEMBER

month off at home?

2027

JANUARY

month off at home (continued).

RING & BOOK AMSA medical.

combined AMSA/ENG medical/Silversea form & bloodtest

BOOK skin check.

5th Jan Dentist.

15th Jan - 2nd Feb 2027, "TIMELESS TASMANIA", on board CORAL ADVENTURER for Noble Caledonia.

FEBRUARY

week at home, then travel for three weeks?

MARCH

few weeks at home?

19th - 31st March,  Perth - Broome, "WILDLIFE AND WONDERS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA", on board Coral (Adventurer), for Noble Caledonia.

APRIL

 31st march - 14th April, Broome - Darwin (?)"Kimberley", on board Coral (Adventurer), for Noble Caledonia.

few weeks off at home

MAY

2nd May - 16th May. Guam - Kobe.  Guam, Marianas & Japan. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

16th May - 28th May. Kobe - Otaru. Japan. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

JUNE

28th May - 9th June. Otaru - Osaka. Japan & South Korea. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

9th June - 23rd June. Osaka - Manilla. Japan & Philippines. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

one week off at home or two weeks travel Asia?

JULY

one or two weeks off at home, depending on travel?

17th - 31st July 2027, Noble Caledonia, Penang to Singapore (Secrets of Sumatra), Noble Caledonia.

AUGUST

2nd - 18th August 2027, SINGAPORE - BALI (Borneo & Beyond), Noble Caledonia.

18th - 31st August 2027, BALI-BITUNG, Noble Caledonia.

SEPTEMBER

31st August - 13th September 2027, BITUNG-BALI, Noble Caledonia.

few weeks off or short travel in Asia

OCTOBER

few weeks off or short travel in Asia. Antarctic IAATO exam. Silversea courses. Update SS antarctic lectures. Update & reload Antarctic book.  

13th Oct - 23rd October. Lautoka - Papeete. Fiji & French Polynesia. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

NOVEMBER

23rd October - 15th November. Papeete - Valparaiso. French Polynesia, Pitcairns & Chile. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

15th November - 5th December. Valparaiso - Port Williams. Chilean Fjords & Antarctica. On board Silver Cloud, for Silversea.

DECEMBER

(continued from last month) - 5th December Port Williams.

few weeks off in South America

2028

About the author

me-lake-kingthe author isolating during covid in the chenopod shrublands of arid Australia

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