That is not really unusual. It is far easier to cancel a mayday than to wish you had broadcast one after it is too late. As far as the boat...
There are a couple of interesting articles about that. It seems the government of Seychelles wanted local tugs to get the salvage claim but since...
Most rational people would accept the fact that since the 80+ meter seiner successfully towed the ship to port at 6 knots it was adequate for the...
Wow. As far as the AIS, pretending to be something you are not is hardly the way to obtain information. Most of us here have all the patience...
The following quotes make me very suspicious about veracity of the source: Just because there are islands near a ship transmitting AIS data does...
1 and 2 together virtually assure the vessel's loss.
Considering that tuna seiner is about a 40 meter vessel with an engine producing around 1200kW geared for heavy pulling, it makes for a very...
Please refrain from posting in such as way as to imply that I made any statement that brought into question the quality of the yard or its...
Because a boat has a folder of current class certificates and has completed a "successful season" of charters is absolutely no indication of the...
Did you forget to put a smiley after that statement?
Aluminum was far too expensive and important to the aircraft industry in those days to waste it on boats. There wasn't much boatbuilding...
Press Release from Proteksan: With all due respect to Captain Buckley's plea for an end to speculation, particularly that which centers on the...
I knew somebody would read that as Class and launch a tirade about Class instead of small c "class" as in a better grade or standard of boat....
You really need to move up to a better class of boats.
There is nothing "wrong" with Bora Bora. It is a very quiet and lovely spot that probably doesn't appeal much to the ADHD crowd.
Oh yeah ... that's right up there with clear plastic fuel lines. :rolleyes:
What are they going to do with it, drink it? If the Saudis or any other "westernized" oil producing nation stops selling oil for a week they...
Since many, if not most, flexible impellers used on seawater pumps are made of neoprene, I would be very careful about what grease I used. If the...
Tanker transportation amounts to only a few cents per gallon. The day rate for a Suezmax tanker is around $22,000 per day, the ship can carry...
I must be retarded because my engineer brain sees "Seventy-two coupled with 27" as two figures in tandem (coupled like rail cars) and get 7227 If...
