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In the past, when I out to sea and very busy I would sometimes send my wife a short email. I would send her the news, for example my rpm, speed made good, sea conditions, ship motion and the mutiny level of the crew (low, moderate or high). I would also include the letters AIW [...]
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16 Feb 2012
IMB ADVISORY "Recently, it was reported that 2 casualties involving 2 innocent fishermentrying to protect their nets when security team fired at them assuming thatthey were pirates" K.C. Received: from MPD at Globe Wireless; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:46 UTC Message-id: 928498734 View full post on Kennebec Captain
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Vessel tonnage – Volume
A PCTC Alongsside The term tons when applied to vessels may refer to either weight or volume as established in the previous post (here) This post deals with the tons as a unit of volume, being equal to 100 cubic feet. The volume measurements of a ship are legal and regulatory matters and are used [...]
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Would the stern swing to port?
What?? I have been researching the so called “Gross tonnage rule” and from a Coast Guard Auxiliary site I read: “In other words, if a boat is moving a 5 mph east and you were in the vacuum of space, it would never stop traveling east at 5 mph. However, we all know when we [...]
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Vessel Displacement and how it is measured
A 200 meter long PCTC upbound Westerschelde River (photo by K.C.) Displacement Displacement is the weight of the vessel and all weights on board. The units most commonly used are metric tons. The concept that weight and displacement of a floating vessel are equal is called Archimedes Principle. Displacement = weight of the vessel + all the [...]
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Deadliest Sea – A review
-Captain Lloyd liked to keep the Coast Guard Cutter Munro upwind and at the ice edge during the fishing season in the Bering Sea. -Peter Barry, who died when the fishing vessel Western Sea sank, was an Ivy League student. - A pilot pushing a “Herc” to it’s limits is “flying the barber pole”. - Running both the heater and [...]
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Scanner Review
Brother MFC-7360N Multipurpose printer/scanner . When I’m running coast-wise, it’s important to be able to get my various clerical chores done quickly so I can focus on more critical tasks. A key point is that it is more efficient and much quicker handling computer documents then paper ones. That means having a good scanner is [...]
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Ship Generated Current – Ship’s Fast Water
I snagged the Dec/Jan 2011 issue of Professional Mariner out of the officer’s lounge the other day. There is an interesting article by St. Lawrence River pilot Capt. Hugues Cauvier; “Effects of the ship-generated sideways current”. A ship moving sideways generates its own current. If the ship then moves ahead or astern, part of the [...]
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Use of the GPS to regain the track-line to recover a MOB
Typical Maine GPS In the case of a crew (man) overboard many GPS units have a MOB (man overboard) button which will give the bearing and range back to the position of the ship when the button was pushed. The problem is the button may be overlooked entirely or it may not pushed in a [...]
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OSG Vision – Another Rule Beater
OSG Vision Photo from Towmasters Towmasters has a post up: Extreme ATB’s: Towing Vessels Or Something Else? I can answer this. It is not a tow vessel, it is the house and engine room of a ship. Basically the designers and builder of this vessel have built a ship, broken it in half and then made arrangements to [...]
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