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I am more used to see them launched, perched with its hulls on top of a flat bed trolley. Unfortunately, as antifouling is 90% red, the name is much more common than you think. The worst name, I have come across is Pussy Galore. All I can say is that it reflected its owner perfectly.

I have given up

Now "Here's is a how-de-do." Atlantic and Kookaburra were as near as identical in the USA. One was searched for hidden documents. Bridget intended that it was the right boat was searched. Was it? Which boat did Trevor's Mother take to Australia. Is Kookaburra the right boat to search? I think I know more than most people, but I do not know, only CJ and the narrator rely knows. It is a case of find the Lady.

This is an approximate 30 foot boat, and the seacock, I am told is simalar to the bigger blakes seacock 6 inches tall(150mm tall) http://www.blakes-la...es_seacocks.htm UK Coast Guard Press Notice Press Notice No: 046-12 Friday, April 20, 2012 Posted 17:18 GMT FISHING VESSEL STRUCK BY LIGHTNING OFF RAMSGATE The fishing vessel Progress was struck by lightning this afternoon when fishing a few miles off North Foreland. The lightning hit the wheelhouse shattering the windows. The strike also destroyed all the electrical equipment and navigation lights. Luckily, both crew members were on the deck at the time and so escaped injury. Using a mobile phone the crew called the Ramsgate RNLI Lifeboat for assistance. They towed the vessel back to Ramsgate where the crew were met by the Coastguard Rescue Team from Margate. Dover Coastguard Watch Manager Bob Giles said: The crew of this fishing vessel were extremely lucky. They were fishing in an area with mobile phone reception and so still had a way to call for help when the lightning strike blew out their communications equipment, shattered the glass in the wheel house, disabled their engine and blew a seacock through the bottom of the vessel causing an ingress of water. Dover Coastguard was called and Ramsgate lifeboat was tasked to attend and tow the vessel back to Ramsgate Harbour. The Fishing vessel was also equipped with the RNLI MOB Guardian which can be used to request assistance from the RNLI / Coastguard. -Ends- Posted By: Maggie Hill For further details contact: The Maritime & Coastguard Agency Press Office 023 8032 9401 http://www.dft.gov.u...CB01D2A08CC9661

My pick for this year Eastern Conference 1 NY Rangers 2 Boston 3 Florida 5 Philadelphia Western Conference 1 Vancouver 2 St. Louis 6 CHICAGO 5 DETROIT Eastern Conference 1 NY Rangers 2 Boston Western Conference 1 Vancouver 5 DETROIT Eastern Conference 1 NY Rangers Western Conference 5 DETROIT 1 NY Rangers Red

When I first read the story, it was blind read. I did not know what the anthology title was. I found it was a CJ classic, although there are no cliffs in Phoenix, all the others features were there. A mystery story like an Agatha Christie story, all the clues were there but you did not realise until you finished the story. Then I looked at the anthology title, and discovered on a second reading, not only was the main theme, the anthology title, but there were other sub themes with the same title idea, and then after discussing it with CJ. There were several more sub sub themes. How many themes reflecting the anthology title can you find. Have a go, I recommend the story, and see how many you can find!

I think the English (UK) term would be chalet, or Swiss Chalet. they do not quite fit as a Swiss chalet, as I understand it is a timber house with large overhanging eaves and verandas with stone chimney stack built on a stone baseement or half basement (below the grade). Here is a grand version, others can be found by searching for "images swiss chalet house". http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2012/01/26/9141918/Switzerland.jpg shingle in the states means a wood tile(wood slate), although now a days asbestos tile. A shingle house in the parts of the states, I have been to are normally houses with large roofs, but not necessarily verandas or enclosed verandas. although some do. NB A shingle @House in the UK usually means one built on shingles(in UK, a pebble beach.

Everybody has a warn status bar which is only visible to youself. If you do something naughty you get a message and the bar fills up, otherwise it is empty. so I would not worry. For finer details you have to ask the naughty boys.

turtle boy try GA stories search for author then click on derailed story It looks OK there http://www.gayauthor...nfresh/Derailed

The rule of thumb for a supertanker is 2.5 miles to turn and 5 miles to stop In my view there is no problem with a ship of that nature going close to shore, going alone the coast, but you do not go at 90 degrees to it.

Your description of fish tailing is exactly right. The big mistake in the captains part was the angle of approach to the shore. A good rule of thumb is that it takes a ship of that nature 2 miles to stop and 1 mile to turn. The previous example of august show a shallow angle of approach, lining up the ship to go parrellel to the shore. This time the angle is too big and the ship was doomed a mile out as the momentum would take the ship into the shore. So roughly 5 ship lengths away(5000feet ~1 mile), the depth is 300 feet deep, one ship length away it is 300feet, half a ship length away it is 150feet. So at bow, 0 feet, half way along 150feet, at stern 300feet. As for echo sounders, you pays your money and yous get want you pay for. There are sonars which can look a mile ahead and show the profile of the sea bed. Whether she had such a system , and was it operating, I do not know, but it is said that all the warning devices indicating change in course, collision and grounding had been turned off. Personally, even if she had such a sonar, and it was operating, I do not think it would have helped, as by the time it took to figure out what was happening it would be too late. Thinking time, one minute, distance 1/4 mile. PLUG the reason QPS has produced the video shown, is that they harvest AIS data from the web, and use it to produce warning software showing the predicted path of ships, and then sell it as collison avoidance and grounding avoidance systems. What the video shows is the standard navigation/chart disaplay that the captain would have on his bridge. More information is available, http://www.qps.nl/display/qastor/2012/01/17/20120117_stranding

I have choosen this utube item as it comes from a reputable source( QPS) and has all the publically available data. The track data is exactly as available on my cheap (free) internet source at 6:00 after grounding. The heading data given,I believe is the True heading from the Concordia. The presentation shows how the ship rapidly lost speed after hiting rock and reduce speed below 5knots. With loss of dirrectional control~(inherent due to length of ship and speed) she heads into the wind ie NE. At some point, the ship is blown such she turns to starboard (clockwise) towards the east and the wind blows her broadside and down wind. This is consistent with the effect on all sizes of boat/ships. The presentations which show her actually turning to port (anticlockwise) is pure fantasy by some misguided graphic artist. The basic regulation says you must report POSITION, speed, and heading other the VHF AIS system more often than 10seconds(speed denpendant)[Large vessel only]. I believe in this case it was true heading reported, however apparent heading is acceptable. True heading is angle that ship makes with north. apparent is angle ship's track makes with north.

WOW, what a Reaction! First I do not agree with the reviewer. As a teenager, I experienced, second hand, the torment of a mixed up kid removed from his home environment. Yes he was a whining, unlikable character, yes he tried to keep to the monotonous mundane lifestyle. Yes, people took advantage of him. I can see it mirrorred all too clearly in Desert Dropping. I think it is tribute to Dom that the tale is so entralling, despite its not very nice topic. But that is my opinon, my life influences my opinon, I can see how somebody from a different background would see differently. Whoever it is,john doe, tom cobley, or Dom! Has a right to his opinon. If I was Lugh I would have insisted that the reviewer was unnamed. Dom deserved following, would be too much. And I would jump at the oppertunity to publish the review. Lugh has always tried to get people to think , and get involved. I think Dom is an excellant writer, I think another author is rotten. Others may not agree with me. Is it not time with look at other author's stories that may be we do not like again at look at them in a different light. The reaction to the review shows that people think DOM is an excellant author. It has gathered interest in the Blog, and like Myr says which ever way you go you are dammed. An interesting topic or a dead blog!

To be honsent, this is so bad I have not heard it right thru to the end, but it fits the bill.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16681464

Tankers have longitudual blaffles which stop the fluid travelling across the ship, and RO on Ro off ferry designed for deep water were fitted with 2 feet high longitudual walls on the car deck to stop foot high water. Cruise ships should have enough bulkheads going bow to stern, to stop this happening, but it depends on how much water came in. A long gash in the side is the worst, as generallythere is no double hull in this part. Modern cruise/liners are taller than the classic 1930, but 1930 liner had their upper decks made of steel and had heavy wooden furniture/fittings. Modern cruise liners have alumimum superstructure and light plastic furniture and bulkhead coverings. The stability requirement has in general stayed the same since the 1930s, and modern ships should have the same centre of mass(gravity), moment of inertia and righting moments(forces). The change is in the huge increase in windage. with that increase area you cannot avoid it. When a ship is moving there is not a problem as stability is generated by the movement of the ship through the water, and an additional stability is provided by the stabiliser which can be used to reduce roll in the ship and provide an offset to the angle of the ship.

One further comment a Guardia di Finanza boat is what we call a customs cutter, a very fast small ship designed for anti smuggling operations. for those who read the timeline. They never use AIS.

"One lingering puzzle; the gash is on the port side. The ship, however, rolled over on its starboard side. The watertight bulkheads run side to side, so water entering one side could reach the other, but it's still odd that it would list away from the hole. This makes me wonder if the initial impact could have also holed the ship's hull elsewhere" From the description of what happened. A small list to port then a gigantic one to stardboard. This sounds like she lolled or lolling. This is mainly a design feature in roll on roll off ferries where the water enters the deck and some movement cause the water to rush to one side and then a reaction of the ship, causes all the water to rush in the opposite direction. The theory in this case is that a large amount of water entered and then rushed across a tranversal deck. The first rush(to port) resulted in a minor movement put it transferred its energy to a large rush in the opposite (to starboard). Given the pictures of the gash, there must have been a large amount of water entering into a number of so called watertight compartments. However, as CJames has pointed out, the effect of the Law courts and the amount of compensation (USA courts) for a fit survivor asked for will result in the true reasons for the loss never coming to light.

http://www.getinmyhood.com/1/post/2012/01/and-the-contest-winner-is.html Number 13 won

Well here it is now the 25th day, so with a strong cup of coffee I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy Prosperous New year

When I first finished this chapter, I immediately thought of this video. It summed up my thoughts entirely?

To me this was unusually, we heard it in the Eastside Meeting House in Bellevue Wa. That setting was unique, I do not think we will see it again.