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Old 12-08-2013, 07:07   #1
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One More Tallship Sank

Oldest estonian tallship "Blue Sirius" sank 10.8. at the isle of Aegna (Baltic Sea) 11 people ( 4 kids ) are save in Rohuneeme.
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So sad. She was beautiful. Ajalooline kuunar
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Sad she was pretty.

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Old 12-08-2013, 09:06   #5
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What is "10.8"?
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What is "10.8"?
August 10th?
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Posted on August 10, 2013, 10:27 am
Oldest Estonian tall ship, schooner Blue Sirius, ran aground off Aegna Island, Baltic sea, Estonia, late at night Aug 9 13, reported news agency Delfi delfi.lt. Ship reported water ingress and requested evacuation, by 23:55 LT all 11 persons who were on board were evacuated, among them 4 children. No injures reported. Vessel reportedly refloated by itself and is drifting being half-submerged, with heavy list starboard. See all full-scale photos at http://ru.delfi.lt/abroad/global/fot...a-EAVjroki-d9j
Tall ship Blue Sirius, MMSI 276668000, length overall 27 meters, breadth 5 meters, rigging schooner, built 1907 Norway, flag Estonia.
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August 10th?
Oh. Wouldn't that be 8/10?

Is this a Brit-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-road thing? Do other places do it differently?

That explains a lot, actually... I've had the same issue in other forums, which are also international. I bet they're all dates.
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Re: One More Tallship Sank

Most places in the world say the date as day, then month, then year. The US is the only one that I know of that does month, then day, then year. Now my little brain is reminding me of schoolboy French. I could be way off here after all.

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Most places in the world say the date as day, then month, then year. The US is the only one that I know of that does month, then day, then year. Now my little brain is reminding me of schoolboy French. I could be way off here after all.

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Not way off at all. We do Month-Day-Year. Almost everyone else does Day-Month-Year.
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Re: One More Tallship Sank

Not to be a downer, but I thought tall ships were square rigged,or at least some square sails?? This is a fine schooner, but is she a true Tall Ship?? To bad she's gone ! not to many Banks style schooners left.
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Not to be a downer, but I thought tall ships were square rigged,or at least some square sails??
Nope, Wikipedia says 'A tall ship is a large, traditionally-rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques.' and 'Traditional rigging may include square rigs and gaff rigs, with separate topmasts and topsails.'
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I take a cue from the US military. Thusly, 10AUG. And always in UTC, GMT, Zulu time. It is so much easier to convert local time into Greenwich Mean Time. Air traffic control and all other pertinent govt agencies, including SAR persons, appreciate it.
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I take a cue from the US military. Thusly, 10AUG. And always in UTC, GMT, Zulu time. It is so much easier to convert local time into Greenwich Mean Time. Air traffic control and all other pertinent govt agencies, including SAR persons, appreciate it.
Of course UTC not being the same as GMT

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I take a cue from the US military. Thusly, 10AUG.
Actually, it would be 20130810.

There is no chance I'll take nomenclature advice from an institution that calls a zipper a "fastener, sliding, interlocking."
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