From my own experience being on several vessels with machines and knowing a number of folks on other ones The pilot is generally a commercial...
CaptJ- I have to agree with you on this one. I was curious after reading the posts and did some googling about those claims and what I read would...
The foreign owned, foreign flag ship is free to employ whoever they please. You will find a great number of the nice large yachts you like to...
The easiest and quickest would be to be friend an Owner or Captain and have them give you a job as engineer. This would not however necessarily be...
That Tender is an independent vessel in its own right. It is capable of making longer voyages itself so it could easily be moved along with the...
It was more a comment of the practice of log exports instead of processed timber being widespread.
Believe it or not a PTO does not provide any pressure even if rotating at warp speed. The pump that's attached to it does not create pressure...
There is a lot of stuff in the NZ Press about the export of ancient Kauri Logs, There are laws that state it can only be exported as slabs or...
Here is a link with a bit of a description https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2016/11319/modern-express-under-tow-update-feb-2/
That unfortunately seems the likely outcome which is probably why they winched the guys off who got the line on it before starting to tow it.
The BBC reports it is a Spanish tug that has it in tow at 3 kts. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35456682 They will need to find somewhere...
I think for the heavy object one there would be a few more ooo's in it :)
What are you going to do with it? Will you travel long distance etc?
The number and qualifications for the crew on a 166ft yacht will depend upon whether it is running commercially ( for hire) or private. If it is a...
To go from the ECR to or from my cabin door requires passing through 2 fire doors and 6 water tight doors. If I were further forward in the accom...
Can I go as far as to suggest that the motto " We know big boats" is misleading at best when applied to this thread? Given some of the things I...
I have worked on steel hulled yachts from 50 to 320 ft - None had automatic bilge pumps in them but all had bilge level switches.
I have not worked on a large steel vessel with any form of automatic bilge pump. They have had bilge level sensors and sometimes two at different...
Carrying wood to Le Harve, I wonder what the problem is as it is reported to have developed slowly
That was on the BBC TV last night. If they do manage to clear land I doubt they will be heard from again given the weather they will encounter at...
