And almost 10 yrs later did this idea float successfully?
It seems that this ship likes that spot as it is reported elsewhere that it is 10 yrs since it ran aground in the same spot.
This text is in the report linked to above. At 1:12 p.m. on September 30, the captain emailed a company safety official that he intended to take...
Once a hatch ( scuttle)has been breached the end can get very messy indeed. The bit I am posting below was taken from Wikipedia and refers to the...
Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and every year Morris would say, 'Esther, I'd really like to ride in that...
That should be possible if you had a new or known good one and worked out its values then found a matching one in the Danfoss range
My post was an attempt at a bit of a joke. Changing an engine in any vessel is a big job. I am not familiar with the general construction of a...
Once you get to Panama you still have quite some motoring to get to the Great Loop. Any coastal passage is possible if the weather is calm. Doing...
I would be really interested to know how you can replace the long block without removing the engine. When you find out please post back here as I...
She still exists under the name Ice Bear from what can be seen online.
Boats like some women have a funny ability to encourage men to empty their wallets trying to preserve the past or at least give it a nip and tuck...
Depending upon what size and type of boat you want you should in my opinion look for an engine package that is not the highest output one of that...
Another worthwhile thing to do on DD's is to remove the air box covers and turn the engine( make sure the fuel is in stop pozzie before rotating...
Here is an article on the actual loss. I am not familiar with the organisation that published it so can only take it at face value....
I think you are missing my point. Incorrect and false information was posted in this thread without any supporting links or such like to show it...
So if you were to meet and slug it out how do you imagine this will have any effect on the false and or inaccurate information posted some form...
Do you happen to know what the fate of some of this ships sisterships was? I saw an ambulance chaser on the telly the other night who intimated...
If it has steam engines on it maybe the Polish guys were there making sure the low grade coal their countrymen and women mined was being burnt...
That is what I would say could have resulted from the ship listing and also being hurled up and down by huge seas further increasing the list, the...
+1 on that. I have previously tried to point out where totally erroneous things are posted and claimed to be fact. It does not seem to be well...
