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Deadliest Sea – A review

  By | January 26, 2012 - 10:55 am | inmarsat airtime 2 Comments

-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 the deicer on a Jayhawk helo requires two generators which reduces it’s range.

-The  F/V Big Valley went down after leaving  port early to avoid Charlie Madicott  and the Coast Guard’s Alternate Compliance Program.

These were the kind of details that made Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History  by Kalee Thompson a great read.

The book tells the story of the Coast Guard’s rescue of 42 crewmembers from the F/V Alaska Ranger. The book is mostly about the rescue itself,  the role played by the Cutter  Munro, the  helo crews, it also tells the  story of Ranger  crew members.

I very much enjoyed Deadliest Sea – highly recommended.

K.C.

Alaska Ranger- shitty job shitty boat

Inside the Coast Guard’s Most Extreme Rescue Popular Mechanic article by author Kalee Thompson

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Scanner Review

  By | January 26, 2012 - 5:08 am | inmarsat airtime Leave a comment
Brother MFC-7360N Multipurpose printer/scanner

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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 important.

 I’ve had several various  scanners in my office over time but none as good as the Brother MFC printer/scanner. It prints fast, scans fast and the document feeder works much better then other models I’ve used. It also has software that is easy to use.

 Imagine out the window I can see my green third mate is about to have a first encounter with the fishing fleet but I  have a handful of paper to deal with. With this scanner I can shove the papers into the feeder, type in a file name, click the mouse button and then start a sprint out my office door.  Before the ship closes a couple more ship lengths towards the nearest boat  I’ll be on the bridge in time to show the new mate fishing vessel avoidance techniques  and my documents will be safely on the hard drive.

K.C.

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