This. Add the fact that due to the rudder issues with associated accidents/incidents the NG's (New Generation, which is between the original and...
"Sitting on "stilts"..... "Trying to keep the smoke off Cruise Ships". Not filling the tub with water is a good plan though.......
There is an element of re-enactment/historical preservation in all of this. The skills we still may have in line handling, navigation (not talking...
It's a forum.
Ahyup. She's chilly up thar..... Discussion got me thinking though... There's gotta be a way to make a sub aquatic drone with a small spinning...
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Very similar sotry...... Friend of mine was on the HAL "Rotterdam" off Casablanca in the 70's..... Too rough to go in, riding it out just outside....
I would hope there were checks and balances on said engineer...... And ONE day tank feeding everything? And electrical should have redundancy.......
I see.......
I know we're talking boats here, but the airplane thing is my wheel house (pun intended) and I'm a little sensitive to bad information. So I'll...
OK.... still would like to know how you lose more than one engine at a time. For reference....I'm an aviator and in rare instances losing more...
So the bigger question is.... how do you lose power to ALL FOUR engines.....:eek: There's some flaw in design there...... me thinks..... but what...
It's the self declared resident grump. Grumps gotta grump. No, it may not make a difference in the insurance claim... but if there's injury or...
"The prudent mariner shall not rely on one single source of navigation."
Friend of mine has a 100' house boat on a large lake in the Heartland. Has a train horn on it. Once in a while he'll pick a time, and send out a...
That better have a lot of big AC's......
My experience is that if you give that workman the time and the tools he or she will do a good job. If you follow that with decent QC you will...
Even if they were. It is impossible to judge clearance looking straight up a 60-70 foot pole. I've gone under bridges where I KNEW I had 10-15 and...
I think I would pull back to idle and stand there with the "WTF DO YOU WANT" gesture.
Oh man..... what a cluster&(@%