Forum: Marine Electronics
09-02-2022, 14:04
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Replies: 325
Views: 21,585
Re: Radar is now redundant ?
As a former professional navigator I can state that radar is used for pilotage (e Teri and leaving port) exclusively by all pilots and masters. The benefits for collision avoidance and in restricted...
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Forum: Navigation
22-08-2021, 12:10
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,807
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Forum: Europe & Mediterranean
06-07-2021, 02:47
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Replies: 89
Views: 8,639
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Forum: Europe & Mediterranean
05-07-2021, 09:44
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Replies: 89
Views: 8,639
Re: Swimming in the French canals????
Would not advise swimming in French canals, besides all the obvious reasons there are lots of dead animals, large and small, floating in water..
AM
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
19-02-2021, 17:20
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Replies: 142
Views: 16,349
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
19-02-2021, 13:55
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Replies: 142
Views: 16,349
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Forum: Navigation
09-02-2021, 10:33
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Replies: 537
Views: 30,586
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
23-01-2021, 07:21
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Replies: 142
Views: 16,349
Re: Container ship dumps containers in Pacific
Quick search of Wikipedia, quote, “Tonnage (volume) should not be confused with displacement (weight of ship)”
Hence weight of cargo (inc bunkers, stores etc) ie deadweight, equals displacement...
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
23-01-2021, 04:04
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Replies: 142
Views: 16,349
Re: Container ship dumps containers in Pacific
Harbour, government and canal authorities, to name a few.
Think of it this way, compare a large cruise ship, (big gross tonnage, small deadweight) to a VLCC (big deadweight, comparatively smaller...
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
23-01-2021, 03:45
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Replies: 142
Views: 16,349
Re: Container ship dumps containers in Pacific
Gross tonnage has nothing to do with displacement. With the availability of Google and Wikipedia there is no excuse for the promulgation of such ignorance, even by rank amateurs.
I would have...
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
22-01-2021, 16:51
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Replies: 142
Views: 16,349
Re: Container ship dumps containers in Pacific
Methinks you are mistaken,
Weight above the waterline is not an issue, google heavy lift ships with (ironically) container gantry cranes on deck on ocean going voyages. Also, container vessels have...
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
22-01-2021, 10:43
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Replies: 142
Views: 16,349
Re: Container ship dumps containers in Pacific
IMHO people are looking at this problem from the wrong end of the telescope. Merchant vessels pay dues on gross tonnage ( a volumetric measurement), the volume of the enclosed cargo spaces . If the...
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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit
08-01-2021, 08:55
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Replies: 50
Views: 5,865
Re: Hull protection for floating objects
Hello all,
This subject has been a fear of mine forever and your points are well made.
My thought however, after 40+ years at sea is why container ships, which keep getting bigger, are allowed to...
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
19-10-2020, 14:13
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Replies: 46
Views: 4,797
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Forum: Europe & Mediterranean
22-02-2020, 04:09
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,030
Re: A couple of days sailing in Adriatic?
Hi all,
Regards to all fellow owners in Croatia, we are up near Zadar. To change topic slightly as so many Croatian owners on here all in one place.
We have chartered for the last few years in...
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Forum: Multihull Sailboats
02-12-2019, 11:26
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Replies: 32
Views: 4,137
Re: To reflect or not to reflect
Hello all,
As a fairly recently retired Master Mariner after 40+ years at sea in many varied types of vessels I can categorically state that a properly fitted radar reflector greatly enhances the...
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Forum: Navigation
19-02-2019, 02:24
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Replies: 59
Views: 6,154
Re: Parallel Indices -- Still Relevant?
Did I really need to add “properly executed “ to original statement? Using a properly executed parallel index the unfortunate CC would not have come close to aforementioned rock, the clue is in the...
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Forum: Navigation
18-02-2019, 13:53
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Replies: 59
Views: 6,154
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Forum: General Sailing Forum
26-06-2017, 10:40
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Replies: 16
Views: 11,116
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Forum: Dollars & Cents
24-02-2017, 10:09
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,896
Re: Another Croatian VAT query
Hello all,
Further to previous comments, does anyone know what the situation would be for UK resident taking over ex charter boat in Croatia when U.K. leaves the EU?
AM
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Forum: Dollars & Cents
11-07-2016, 03:12
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Replies: 51
Views: 7,732
Brexit and VAT
Just a thought, will UK residents be able to buy ex-charter boats from EU countries (non VAT paid) , without paying VAT, when they become non EU residents?
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Forum: Our Community
02-04-2016, 07:34
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Replies: 5
Views: 993
UK VAT
Does anyone have any thoughts about how Brexit, if it happens, will affect British boats and sailors re VAT in Europe? Only 3 months away now!
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Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean
21-03-2015, 03:36
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Replies: 0
Views: 931
Haitian schooners
Greetings all,
Some 30 odd years ago I was chief officer in a heavy lift vessel discharging machinery at a cement plant in Haiti. I cannot remember the name of the place but it was about 2 hours by...
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Forum: Our Community
10-04-2014, 08:37
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,063
Jeanneau 409
Hello all, can anyone shed any light on how the boat above is 12.34m LOA on Jeanneau website and 11.98 LOA and same waterline length ? Could it have anything to do with new Greek tax, a lot more for...
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