Iosif Georgievich Timchenko graduated from the Rostov-on-Don Naval School named after. G.Ya. Sedov and sailed the seas and oceans on ships of the Azov Shipping Company. This book contains the story of his life.

Contents Navigation trainingChildhood. School years. A tempting trip to Siberia. Village everyday life. Exemplary punishment. School certificate. Azov adventures. "Tyulkin" fleet. Coastal work and port fleet. Again a year before sailing. Cadet time. Across the seas, across the oceans Pre-graduation practice, m/v "Solnechnogorsk" ". State exams, the beginning of working life in the AMP. Coastal voyages, the Nikitovka p/v. The first navigator's overseas voyage, the Konstantinovka p/v. Replenishment of the AMP fleet, the Uritsk m/v. The beginning of the senior officer's period, tb/x "Ivan Sechenov". Far Eastern voyage, m/v "Dolmatovo". True stories. The tragedy of the turbo ship "Ivan Sechenov". In the Land of the Rising Sun. Container transportation, m/v "Vasily Belokonenko". Rescue operation in the Ionian Sea. Diesel locomotives from Ukraine to Syria .Repair of the m/v "Yucatan" after a collision. Removal of the motor ship "Tobago".