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Old School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner - Part V
I’ll just call this one Navigation Odds-n-Ends, as it’s basically a grab-bag of stuff I missed the first time through or couldn’t find a good spot for otherwise. Here’s the Wee… more →
Towmasters: the Master of Towing Vessels Assoc. Forum
Old School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner - Part V
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I’ll just call this one Navigation Odds-n-Ends, as it’s basically a grab-bag of stuff I … more →
Basic Seamanship
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wrote 1 month ago: Her length over all was 26 foot, a 6 foot beam and a 4 foot draft, she was a needle through the wate … more →
Old-School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner - Part IV
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wrote 1 month ago: Having already reviewed the “old” old-school stuff, it’s time to move on to some o … more →
Old-School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner - Part III
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wrote 1 month ago: How about chart weights and magnifiers? I always hate it when some thoughtless, inconsiderate idiot … more →
Old-School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner - Part II
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wrote 2 months ago: Not as old school as brass dividers and parallel rules, rolling parallel plotters have still been ar … more →
Old-School Plotting & Navigation Tools For The Discriminating Mariner - Part I
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wrote 2 months ago: This post begins a series that will periodically focus on older, or just plain old, practices, techn … more →
Four Friends by David Berry
wrote 4 months ago: Four friends decided to go fishing on the last Saturday in February. Their objective was a shipwrec … more →
Slippery When Wet (Or Dry): Lubed Wire Lasts Longer
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wrote 4 months ago: As part of our company-required maintenance procedure for our tow wire we are supplied with and appl … more →
Towing: He Gets It
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wrote 8 months ago: Some people get it and some people don’t. Most don’t. And that’s one of the perenn … more →
Tide And Current
wrote 8 months ago: Tide And Current is the name of writer Alan Haig-Brown’s fine blog that I just discovered whil … more →
Lack Of ECDIS Training Leads To Grounding.
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wrote 1 year ago: Here we go again…..from a North Sea sand bar off England’s east coast: the U.K.’s … more →
The Google Earth Tweak
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wrote 1 year ago: If you’ve played with the software known as Google Earth, you’ve probably marveled at the ability to … more →
