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Kennebec Captain: Guidelines For Avoiding Hurricanes At Sea
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Seamanship - Principles and Practice. Saturday, May 10, 2008. Guidelines For Avoiding Hurricanes At Sea. Regarding Hurricanes at sea, Bowditch warns: “Even the largest and most seaworthy vessels become virtually unmanageable,and may sustain heavy damage. Less sturdy vessels do not survive.” Adm. Nimitz commented: “The time for taking all measures for a ship’s safety is while still able to do so.”. Hurricanes have been the cause of many maritime disasters. Of hurricane potential and continual risk analysis.
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Kennebec Captain: Parametric Rolling of a Car Carrier in a Head Sea
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Seamanship - Principles and Practice. Friday, January 29, 2010. Parametric Rolling of a Car Carrier in a Head Sea. A 200 meter long PCTC upbound Westerschelde River (photo by K.C.). Under certain conditions a large car ship in head seas may experience sudden, unexpected, heavy rolling, a phenomena know as parametric rolling. I have experienced this type of rolling myself while hove to aboard a 200 meter ( 656 ft) long PCTC (Pure Car Truck Carrier) in 10 meter seas. The ship suffered no damage with the ex...
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Navigation Safety and Waterway Management
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An Aid to Navigation. Sometimes called AtoN, Navigation Aid, or NavAid) is a device or structure external to a craft, designed to assist in determination of position, to define a safe course, or to warn of dangers or obstructions. Common examples of AtoN are buoys, beacons, lighthouses, racons and electronic navigation systems such as loran, GPS and DGPS. (The terms Navigation Aid and NavAid are properly used only for navigation equipment and techniques used. To the vessel.). Vessel Traffic Services (VTS).
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Bryant's Maritime Blog: Bryant’s Maritime Blog - 29 August 2011
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Summaries of recent maritime developments in US, international, and foreign governments. Monday, August 29, 2011. Bryant’s Maritime Blog - 29 August 2011. Commencing 1 September 2011, this Blogspot blog will no longer be updated. Instead, readers should go to the blog on my official website, located at http:/ brymar-consulting.com/? I apologize for any inconvenience, but my official website has the same information and more. Court – DWH claims for economic loss and property damage;. August 29, 2011.
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Bryant's Maritime Blog: Bryant’s Maritime Blog - 31 August 2011
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Summaries of recent maritime developments in US, international, and foreign governments. Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Bryant’s Maritime Blog - 31 August 2011. Commencing 1 September 2011, this Blogspot blog will no longer be updated. Instead, readers should go to the blog on my official website, located at http:/ brymar-consulting.com/? I apologize for any inconvenience, but my official website has the same information and more. Hampton Roads – cautious return to normal operations;. August 31, 2011. Franc...
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Kennebec Captain: The Bounty, Sandy and Storm Avoidance Techniques. The NTSB Report
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Seamanship - Principles and Practice. Wednesday, February 12, 2014. The Bounty, Sandy and Storm Avoidance Techniques. The NTSB Report. The National Transportation Safety Board has released it's report on the sinking of the Bounty. (here pdf. There were lots of questionable practices with regard to maintenance, training and procedures however with regards to the actual navigation in relationship to the storm there has been questions about the decision to pass west of the storm. From the NTSB report:.
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Bryant's Maritime Blog: Bryant’s Maritime Blog - 26 August 2011
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Summaries of recent maritime developments in US, international, and foreign governments. Friday, August 26, 2011. Bryant’s Maritime Blog - 26 August 2011. Commencing 1 September 2011, this Blogspot blog will no longer be updated. Instead, readers should go to the blog on my official website, located at http:/ brymar-consulting.com/? I apologize for any inconvenience, but my official website has the same information and more. USCG – Hurricane Irene;. Court – Asian carp decision;. August 26, 2011. Stating ...
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Kennebec Captain: Susan Clark, Ship Captain, Pilot, Crosses Final Bar.
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Seamanship - Principles and Practice. Wednesday, September 19, 2012. Susan Clark, Ship Captain, Pilot, Crosses Final Bar. Capt Susan Clark (Bangor Daily News Photo). Capt Susan J. Clark, Portland Harbor pilot passed away 6 Sept. Susan was born and raised in Skowhegan Maine, a mill town on the Kennebec River. Condolences to her family and friends. Bangor Daily News obituary here. Kennebec River at Skowhegan. March 26, 2014 at 5:21 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Kennebec Captain on Facebook. Headl...
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Kennebec Captain: Debby - When Forecasts are not Accurate
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Seamanship - Principles and Practice. Wednesday, September 12, 2012. Debby - When Forecasts are not Accurate. Possible paths for Debby (from The Original Weather Blog. After I posted " How Accurate are Weather Forecasts? I encountered Tropical Storm Debby this past June as it formed in the Gulf of Mexico. We didn't experience much besides some rain and 25 kts or so of wind. From Cliff Mass Weather Blog. This was an early forecast from the NWS:. From The Original Weather Blog. Without internet access it's...
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Kennebec Captain: Heavy weather encounter - The Satori
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Seamanship - Principles and Practice. Friday, February 12, 2010. Heavy weather encounter - The Satori. A US Coast Guard HH-3F Pelican. In my post Parametric Rolling of a Car Carrier in Head Sea. I wrote that hidden flaws, are more likely to be revealed in heavy weather. An example is the car ship Figaro - Inadvertent Release of CO 2. In that case heavy weather was the trigger that casued the unintended release of CO2. Another, less obvious example is the case of the Sailing vessel Satori. Went into the 3...