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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 05-05-2017, 08:01
Replies: 12
Views: 4,207
Posted By nolatom
Re: The Tricolor/Kariba/Clary Collision of 2002 -- Clusterfumble in the North Sea

I take the point about VHF becoming "too much" if everyone's yakking and bridge is shorthanded, or just overtaxed.

But this was English Channel in fog. Maneuvering whistle (Kariba coming stbd)...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 04-05-2017, 14:56
Replies: 12
Views: 4,207
Posted By nolatom
Re: The Tricolor/Kariba/Clary Collision of 2002 -- Clusterfumble in the North Sea

I talked to a couple of the counsel involved in the NYC trial. Neither ship had VDR installed yet. the objective info came from the recording of shore radar at Dunkirk.

Fault was solely on...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 25-04-2017, 12:54
Replies: 17
Views: 7,649
Posted By nolatom
Re: Docking ideas for twin rudder single prop...

Bow not really the problem, though

stern thruster is what I need, but no got..

Thanks all for the commiseration and suggestions.
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 24-04-2017, 10:34
Replies: 17
Views: 7,649
Posted By nolatom
Re: Docking ideas for twin rudder single prop...

The approach in reverse idea is tempting, she almost steers better making sternway. Then I could put a stern spring out, power forward, and lever the bow in.

I'm just not sure I have the guts to...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 24-04-2017, 09:21
Replies: 17
Views: 7,649
Posted By nolatom
Docking ideas for twin rudder single prop...

38-footer I'm getting used to, beamy stern, twin rudders, single right-hand prop, with very little prop-walk effect.

Berth is port-side to, on a regular dock face, largish powerboat moored astern,...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 11-08-2011, 15:37
Replies: 4
Views: 3,569
Posted By nolatom
Re: Anyone Been Out to the Flower Garden Banks ?

East and West Flower are farther offshore, and have more hard coral. Some of the moorings are closer to the edge of the coral fields, where you can get deeper. But the best coral is more in the...
Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape 11-01-2011, 14:28
Replies: 20
Views: 5,403
Posted By nolatom
Renewed a year ago, Mine was submitted on Dec 16,...

Renewed a year ago, Mine was submitted on Dec 16, ready for MEB review (including waiver request) on Dec 29, and approved by MEB Jan 12th. This is probably an example of "quick" review. I'd think...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 07-01-2011, 08:38
Replies: 4
Views: 2,150
Posted By nolatom
You going around Florida, or through it on the...

You going around Florida, or through it on the canal? And be careful to wait for a stretch of good weather between Tampa and St. Mark's, since you don't have any ICW in between and have to go...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 04-01-2011, 12:32
Replies: 41
Views: 9,976
Posted By nolatom
(to SvenG) I still like symmetricals as said...

(to SvenG)

I still like symmetricals as said above, but..

You've made the pole surplus and no one (except your rigger) would criticize you ditching it, but if you keep it, maybe someday, if,...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 04-01-2011, 08:54
Replies: 41
Views: 9,976
Posted By nolatom
If you already have the hardware? (halyard,...

If you already have the hardware? (halyard, pole, topping lift, turning blocks for sheets) then I'd say get a symmetrical spin if you're not sailing shorthanded and you are in light-wind areas.

I...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 03-01-2011, 12:27
Replies: 2
Views: 4,107
Posted By nolatom
Cheoy Lee made this as a knock-off of the...

Cheoy Lee made this as a knock-off of the Folkboat design, which is very well thought-of as a good-looking, good handling, tough little boat which can take a lot of weather and is fun to sail:

The...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 09-08-2010, 14:17
Replies: 9
Views: 3,394
Posted By nolatom
I take your meaning for racing and racing boats,...

I take your meaning for racing and racing boats, but for cruising many of us are slower, and more interested in being able to follow a rhumb line without having to jibe a lot (and have varied course...
Forum: Deck hardware: Rigging, Sails & Hoisting 09-08-2010, 13:45
Replies: 9
Views: 3,394
Posted By nolatom
Nigel, I'm curious as to how you gybed, if you...

Nigel, I'm curious as to how you gybed, if you did. I would think the sail would look goofy with the clew serving as the "tack" on the pole cocked upward, though it would work (?)

I too had to...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-08-2010, 12:59
Replies: 29
Views: 2,953
Posted By nolatom
The article quoted says speeds for cargo ships...

The article quoted says speeds for cargo ships have been lowered from the "standard 25 knots to 20", and then lowered further.

Aside from the occasional fast container ship that was really in a...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 17-10-2007, 14:56
Replies: 8
Views: 2,091
Posted By nolatom
Many questions, all reasonable. I only know the...

Many questions, all reasonable. I only know the answer to a few.

If you're living in Panama, and will keep the boat there as a home port at least, then it may make sense to register under Panama...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-05-2007, 11:42
Replies: 21
Views: 3,387
Posted By nolatom
10' Turnabout, wood, cotton sail, by Parker River...

10' Turnabout, wood, cotton sail, by Parker River Marine.
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 27-04-2007, 12:20
Replies: 24
Views: 7,913
Posted By nolatom
Choose a seaworthy boat like those described...

Choose a seaworthy boat like those described above, and follow my dad's advice:

"A seaworthy boat is tougher than you are".

so if you can take it, the boat can, and you'll make it. Best of...
Forum: Monohull Sailboats 23-04-2007, 14:30
Replies: 5
Views: 8,737
Posted By nolatom
I haven't sailed one, so take this with a grain...

I haven't sailed one, so take this with a grain of salt. The Bill Shaw designs are good comfortable cruising boats, and Pearson has a reputation for pretty well-built coastal cruisers. Since you're...
Forum: Navigation 18-04-2007, 08:05
Replies: 80
Views: 13,715
Posted By nolatom
I'm a coastal buoy-hopper, so please take my...

I'm a coastal buoy-hopper, so please take my wiseguy ideas with a grain of salt. I have an RDF in an attic somewhere, but this is a coastal thing too. So I guess I'd have to learn celestial in a...
Forum: Navigation 17-04-2007, 14:04
Replies: 80
Views: 13,715
Posted By nolatom
The Corps controls the Cape Cod Canal, so you'd...

The Corps controls the Cape Cod Canal, so you'd follow their regs during transit (like no sailing in the canal, just motoring, a rule I'd frequently ignore if the breeze was good). Don't know of...
Forum: Navigation 17-04-2007, 13:23
Replies: 80
Views: 13,715
Posted By nolatom
Wait a Sec--More ways to cheat on the...

Wait a Sec--More ways to cheat on the question--Do I still have RDF? (remember those things?). Not precise, but will get you in the ballpark.

Do I have a fathometer? If the bottom has some...
Forum: Navigation 17-04-2007, 13:19
Replies: 80
Views: 13,715
Posted By nolatom
Hold the phone--Do I still have VHF? Then I'd do...

Hold the phone--Do I still have VHF? Then I'd do what uncertain navigators have done for years--get on the radio and ask a nearby ship/tug/anybody for a fix.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 16-04-2007, 11:58
Replies: 35
Views: 6,130
Posted By nolatom
In theory, when hove-to you want your Center of...

In theory, when hove-to you want your Center of Effort (sails) to me about the same as the Center of Lateral Resistance (submerged hull shape) when you're about 45-60 degrees off the wind.

If...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 20-03-2007, 20:38
Replies: 38
Views: 8,932
Posted By nolatom
ID---you're right, being a little scared may be...

ID---you're right, being a little scared may be good, it keeps you cautious and prepared. If a lot scared, then skip the dive.

Everything in your Open Water book is there for a reason. Follow...
Forum: Fishing, Recreation & Fun 19-03-2007, 12:28
Replies: 38
Views: 8,932
Posted By nolatom
Very sad to hear. Sounds like they got...

Very sad to hear. Sounds like they got disoriented in a silt-out while doing a penetration dive down some interior (pumproom) passageways, one got out and surfaced, one almost got out but ran out of...
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