tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post485215135361730594..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: So called expertsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-47677937053878329112012-01-18T12:41:48.713+00:002012-01-18T12:41:48.713+00:00Lloyds A1 is the highest possible standard?
So wh...Lloyds A1 is the highest possible standard?<br /><br />So what happened to 100+A1 or whatever it was the Campers were always claiming for their craft?<br /><br />Did it never exist? Was it all a yacht-broker's fantasy?<br /><br />Signed,<br /><br />Disappointed of GoldhangerWeekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-34552440578699861472012-01-17T06:24:36.663+00:002012-01-17T06:24:36.663+00:00Hello FE.
If the ship had a DP2 cert all the steer...Hello FE.<br />If the ship had a DP2 cert all the steering motors (azimuths) would be form the 440V(?) board which should have been split.<br />If the common busbar was closed and a problem developed....<br />Well you see what I am getting at?<br />Just a different angle, my ship has this set up.<br /><br />Rgds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-4404754850425490792012-01-16T19:03:43.069+00:002012-01-16T19:03:43.069+00:00I must admit that while I do not know the cause of...I must admit that while I do not know the cause of the initial problem I was concerned by the descriptions of the initial list followed by a sharper move in the opposite direction (to Starboard). My initial feelings were that this was "loll" as opposed to "list" and is highly dangerous as the ship will become extremely unstable. Of course, there may be more serious damage to the submerged starboard side but these floating gin palaces do appear to have very high upperworks and even a slight heel will make escape much more difficult. The SOLAS idea that these ships can remain afloat and even return to port having sustained major damage is one that I feel needs logging in the "You are joking!" category.<br />TTFN :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-55303932577990520422012-01-16T16:32:39.454+00:002012-01-16T16:32:39.454+00:00I suspect the ship capsized because it drifted (or...I suspect the ship capsized because it drifted (or was steered) into shallow water; wouldn't have been enough to keep the thing afloat.<br /><br />As "Smoking" says, the Titanic references are just lazy thinking. On seeing the photos in the Sundays papers I immediately thought "Herald of Free Enterprise" even though cause for wreck is apparently different.The Apiaristnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-43947659723150616252012-01-16T12:55:56.132+00:002012-01-16T12:55:56.132+00:00I smelt bullshit as soon as I read the bit about g...I smelt bullshit as soon as I read the bit about generators feeding engines. I assume this vessel has conventional rear facing propellers and rudder(s)? I can't see any evidence of steerable "Pods" that now seem to be the norm? <br /><br />The Wiki page says it has 6 Wartsila diesels totalling 110,000 hp (or at least I guess it's a total - 660,000 hp would turn it into a speedboat..) Surely there would be sufficient redundancy that any one of these would be able to provide limited propulsion and steering? <br /><br />Would the main propulsion motors really be DC? I thought that variable frequency inverter driven AC motors are the normal method? This is commonplace in smaller industrial settings, with the AC-DC-AC conversion being done in a self contained control box.<br /><br />@ CH - don't LPG tankers have a number of separate, spherical gas tanks? So long as these aren't part of the hull I would have thought this could be considered as a "double" skin?microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-41006522332824227682012-01-16T11:57:58.757+00:002012-01-16T11:57:58.757+00:00I hope this post is not thought out of place but h...I hope this post is not thought out of place but hopefully shows the thinking of the times we find ourselves living in:<br /><br /><br /><br />Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc'-ra-cy) - a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers.Ancient +Tattered Airmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-30740716931953248002012-01-16T10:38:33.694+00:002012-01-16T10:38:33.694+00:00I would like someone opposite thinking. Thanks for...I would like someone opposite thinking. Thanks for sharing your precious comprehension here.phone sex ukhttp://www.humiliateme.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-25450852191425584672012-01-16T09:33:09.847+00:002012-01-16T09:33:09.847+00:00"Conclusion: the media are a bunch of morons&..."Conclusion: the media are a bunch of morons" ...<br /><br />They're also a bunch of sharks, in that they'll say or publish anything in an attempt to outsell their rivals .. secure in the knowledge that they can correct any misreporting at a later date, as "new evidence" comes to light ..<br /><br />FE .. I was under the impression (possibly mistaken) that LPG Carriers were also required to be double-hulled ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-20548336937834409752012-01-16T09:13:06.342+00:002012-01-16T09:13:06.342+00:00You've discovered an aspect of the media I'...You've discovered an aspect of the media I've commented on before. That is, there are two possible types of subject that the media can comment on - those that you personally know something about, and those that you don't.<br /><br />Whenever they comment on a subject that you know something about, that comment is universally naive, misguided, and (as a result) plain wrong. Whenever they comment on a subject that you don't know about, we take their comment as informative because we don't have any means of challenging it. <br /><br />I've noticed this (repeatedly) with the subject of intellectual property. You've noticed it with shipbuilding. Everyone I've explained this analysis to has agreed that they have noticed it in their specialist subject.<br /><br />Conclusion: the media are a bunch of morons.patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-59911340859058561612012-01-16T03:14:24.873+00:002012-01-16T03:14:24.873+00:00Too true FE. l've served on these type of vess...Too true FE. l've served on these type of vessels and all these so called 'experts' haven't a bloody clue. One wonders if the MSM actively avoid anyone talking commonsense and actual facts.<br /><br />Also l'm sick of 'it was just like the Titanic' quoted. <br /><br />Errr no, it bloody wasn't!<br /><br />There was even one saying lifeboats should be designed to cope with emergencies like this. FFS, how???<br /><br />Apart from that you have the starboard side with all the pax crushed against the rails and the port side with now a steel wall (formerly the deck) to negotiate.<br /><br />God give me strength!Smoking Hothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534745989363293923noreply@blogger.com