These things don´t even work well for the dealers. The snake oil business is hard theses days... :D
Good to see that fine old yacht got over that bad Karma that came with her first owner. Took a long time! Many people I know (including me) had...
Of course it´s possyible to build a Carbon Laminate ice class vessel, you just have to clad about 2 ft. above and below the waterline with steel....
Ouch, typing with a mobile phone is a waste of time, awfull to read that sh**t afterwards...
Well, a lot oft things are possible, Arwed Fuchs did a number oft expeditions in polar waters with an öd Haikutter , a wooden saiiing Bessel from...
Just try a submarine and avoid the ice topic... :D No, seriously, first you come up with the idea that structurally strong, but extremely impact...
Although GRP is a lot tougher than most Woods abraision resistance is still one of the main topics when talking about ice.
Could you please be a little more specific with your question? The way you asked asks for an answer about the length of the bible (which you won´t...
Obviously quite a number of unfavorable events, probably on both sides concerning the collision(s) led to these tragic results. However, at least...
Defeating Transmission? You mean just switching off the outgoing signal while receiving incoming signals? No problem even with my toyboat...
Certainly they can recognize Class B vessels by AIS. Even I can identify Class B vessels and switch of my transpoder. And I don´t even have a US...
Most probably they should separate tactical situation analysis from nautical awareness a little bit more. Seems as if these two operational...
@Pascal: Could well be because you´re the AIS operator, radar operator, radio operator, officer on watch, captain and helmsman in one person and...
@PacBlue: Maybe I misunderstood your statement containing the term global "defense" ;) I did not want to find any sarcasm in it, but the " "...
Seeing such an accumulation of tragic incidents certainly has to lead to a number of critical questions. Do navy vessels really benefit from...
Let´s just not start to discuss the US ambitions all over the globe and the related costs or whether these ambitions are legit. That probably...
Do you have self-vulkanizing insulation tape? You could use that stuff and roll it to make an emergency spare gasket until you can source an...
@brunick: Yes that´s me... :D
One top address for the more demanding stuff is Fehrmann/Hamburg
Hello Jannick, you might be interested that Lunenburg has something in common with our hometown Flensburg as it´s been the rum capital of the Nova...
