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by 1DC
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 45
Views: 618
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Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

I think the ship was turning before the anchor was dropped, you can sea the splash of the anchor just before the ship struck. I fancy the the rudder was over to starboard when she lost power and couldn't be moved after that.To get the emergency steering gear moving would take some time because peopl...
by 1DC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Replies: 4823
Views: 138558
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

Netherlands with all those bikes
by 1DC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 45
Views: 618
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Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

After the first power failure the engineers seem to have recovered full power, I doubt if emergency generators would have given full lighting, but at the second loss the ship was starting to turn to starboard and steering must have been lost because it couldn't be stopped. The anchor(s) were dropped...
by 1DC
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Baltimore bridge collapse
Replies: 45
Views: 618
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Re: Baltimore bridge collapse

The ship that hit it probably had a deadweight of about 150000 tons and when the bridge was built people weren't prepared for ships that big. The support tower was the weakest point for the stability of the bridge and as seen it just fell over. If the bridge is replaced I am sure it will be of a dif...
by 1DC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Caption Competition......
Replies: 299
Views: 19278
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Re: Caption Competition......

She's tilting over to the left, we need a couple more on our side!
by 1DC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: Aviation Incidents
Topic: United to Go Under the FAA's Microscope
Replies: 4
Views: 139
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Re: United to Go Under the FAA's Microscope

I always liked flying Continental across the pond, I wonder if United would have been any better if Continental had been the lead airline after the merger?
by 1DC
Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:01 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
Replies: 19376
Views: 978061
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Isn't Xasteria the Greek word for the perfect starry, balmy,summer night? I seem to recall that I was reading about a rather fancy up market sailing yacht called Xasteria and that is what it's name meant.. In my seagoing days the Gulf of Oman during the NE monsoon was the perfect place for stars.. L...
by 1DC
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:17 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Caption Competition......
Replies: 299
Views: 19278
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Re: Caption Competition......

From the answers I think I have figured out what the picture was!!
by 1DC
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

It is bright and clear on the Humber,if it stays so I will look for the aurora tonight. The wind has gone into the Norrard and it has turned colder and only feels 3 to 5 in the wind chill although the guesser thinks 9 to 11! Had a lousy bacon sandwich and a semi decent coffee in the T.esco cafe this...
by 1DC
Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Caption Competition......
Replies: 299
Views: 19278
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Re: Caption Competition......

I haven't got a picture!
by 1DC
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:52 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The Capetonian WOE Thread
Replies: 4823
Views: 138558
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Re: The Capetonian WOE Thread

Croatia
by 1DC
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:00 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Views: 978061
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Yorkshire tea in this establishment, me being married to a Yorkie n'all. I drink more of it than she does, after my stroke was told to change to the decaff version it tastes ok. A funny sort of day on the Humber, you would think it was a nice blue cool sunny day and then every hour or so a squall co...
by 1DC
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:42 pm
Forum: Politics & Controversial Topics
Topic: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war
Replies: 5698
Views: 160544
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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

Apparently ISIS have just claimed responsibility for the russian concert job, something new into the mix!!
by 1DC
Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Another nice sunny day on the Humber,the rain has gone and it is 12C so far with 14C possible. We don't have a tree in the garden but have a leaf count for a forest!! Mrs 1DC always moans about her petrol hybrid cars road tax being £158 while my diesel is only £30. Whilst having coffee and a bacon s...
by 1DC
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:24 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Two nice warm, dry and sunny days was clearly our ration for the Humber, it continues mild but the rain came back with a vengeance. Apart from my standard visit next door to check up on himself I had no reason to leave the palace so after a minor domestic to get me going I tidied up the study and th...
by 1DC
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Blimey, £17.95 for Fish and chips in Orkney and the place awash with fish. £7.95 for pensioners Haddock,peas and chips, bread and butter, tea and ice cream to finish in a decent fish and chip shop down here! About £12.00 if you don't want to admit to being a pensioner. The piece of fish goes up to t...
by 1DC
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:26 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Couldn't get the quiz today. Been a pleasant day, sunny, herself went to her barber and I did a minor bit of gardening.
by 1DC
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: Wind Power---what a time to be alive
Replies: 3
Views: 214
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Re: Wind Power---what a time to be alive

I remember this being the answer to the maidens prayer about fifty years ago.looked similar too but was a bit smaller. Think they called it the Walker wingsail and was fitted to a Stephenson Clarke cargo ship I saw it loading coal in Immingham ,I think!
by 1DC
Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: A big undertaking
Replies: 5
Views: 189
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Re: A big undertaking

This is fairly local to me and has caused great distress and appears that in some cases people have received the ashes of loved ones who they thought had been cremated but the body had since been found at the undertakers. The police have recovered 35 bodies which they have now identified and a quant...
by 1DC
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: Crewroom
Topic: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V
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Re: The really boring and totally pointless snippets thread V

Been a reasonable day on the Humber very mild for the time of the year. 15C Forecast windy and no rain! Went to see the asylum seekers and paid a tenner to have my car washed and polished they made a very good job of it. Because it was a nice day Mrs 1DC then insisted that a walk around the park wou...